There isn't a built in way through Group Policy to do this. However, we do
have information on how to programmatically do this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/pla
tform/shell/reference/messages/abm_setstate.asp?frame=true
Also, you could try this:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckR
ects2]
"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,2
2,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,9e,03,00,00,00,05,00,00,c0,03,00,00
The 02 in the 3rd DWORD means autohide is OFF. 03 is autohide is ON. 06 is
the
default, which I guess translates to maybe "never configured"
The above is true on both 2000 and XP.
Important to note that if you set that value while you are logged on as
that user,
it doesn’t stick.
A trick around that is to kill explorer.exe in task manager, go to New
Task, Run
in task manager, launch regedt32 (regedit in XP), make the edit, then
launch
explorer.
From a deployment standpoint , you can make the edit on the default user
hive and
then everyone will get it. A resource kit tool like reg.exe lets you load a
hive,
add something to it, etc. But it won’t work via logon script, because it
won’t work
when that user is logged on.
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