Is there any way to stop users adding shortcuts to the desktop. Either by
disabling new shortcut or by totaly disabling right click on the desktop.

NoViewContextMenu
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ntry/93790.asp

Removes shortcut menus from the desktop and from Windows Explorer. Shortcut
menus appear when you right-click an item.

This entry stores the setting of the Disable Windows Explorer's default
context menu Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with
a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it
to Not configured, Group Policy deletes this entry from the registry, and
the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Note that the users can still add the shortcuts using other means.

See also:

How to Share and Set Permissions for Folders and Files Using Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...lesharing.mspx



How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows
XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


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Is there any way to stop users adding shortcuts to the desktop. Either by
disabling new shortcut or by totaly disabling right click on the desktop.