Does anybody know a way to prevent the Windows File System Explorer from
turning into Internet Explorer when a http or www URL is entered into the
adderss bar?

In essense, I want to disable Internet Explorer for non-administrator users. I
have a custom browser application which I want the children to use instead,
which limits sites which can be visited to a preselected set. I can set the
access permissions on iexplorer.exe so that ordinary users can't execute it,
however if I enter a URL in the Windows Explorer, it still switches to Internet
Explorer. How can I disable this?

Thanks for your help,
Stephen

As IE, Windows Explorer and the Windows OS are so intricately connected (you
might recall some lawsuits in Europe in recent years), best to use Content
Advisor to take care of this, Stephen.

How to Configure Internet Explorer 5.x to Block Access to All But Approved
Internet Sites:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267930

IOW, list /no/ approved sites in Content Advisor.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


Stephen wrote:
> Does anybody know a way to prevent the Windows File System Explorer from
> turning into Internet Explorer when a http or www URL is entered into the
> adderss bar?
>
> In essense, I want to disable Internet Explorer for non-administrator
> users. I have a custom browser application which I want the children to
> use instead, which limits sites which can be visited to a preselected
> set. I can set the access permissions on iexplorer.exe so that ordinary
> users can't execute it, however if I enter a URL in the Windows Explorer,
> it still switches to Internet Explorer. How can I disable this?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Stephen

Robear,
Unfortunately I cannot use Content Advisor to take care of this. The reason
is that the custom browser that I want to use is using the MSHtml library
internally, and so the Content Advisor also blocks my custom browser.
What I need to do is to prevent the file system explorer from "turning into"
Internet Explorer whenever a URL is entered into the address bar.

Do you/anybody else have another suggestion?

Thanks,
Stephen