Remove ALL Internet Explorer Menus through group policy

[DanSchlim]

I need to find a way to remove ALL the internet explorer menus through
group policy please. i do not want an address bar, buttons bar or
Browser menu (file, edit, view, tools, help). i want the Internet
explorer to open up and the only thing the user sees is the top bar
that says the name of the page. does this make sense? if it does,
great, how do i do that? Any and all help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Dan

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I need to find a way to remove ALL the internet explorer menus through
group policy please. i do not want an address bar, buttons bar or
Browser menu (file, edit, view, tools, help). i want the Internet
explorer to open up and the only thing the user sees is the top bar
that says the name of the page. does this make sense? if it does,
great, how do i do that? Any and all help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Dan

See the follwoing restrictions at tip 1976 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
The following restrictions are for the browser only:
NoFileOpen File / open menu item.
NoFileNew File / new menu item.
NoBrowserSaveAs File / save as menu item.
NoBrowserOptions Tools / internet options menu item.
NoFavorites Favorites menu item.
NoSelectDownloadDir Select download directory.
NoBrowserContextMenu Broswer context menu.
NoBrowserClose Close browser.
NoOpeninNewWnd New browser window.
NoTheaterMode Theater mode.
NoFindFiles Find files dialog.
NoViewSource Edit / view source menu item.
RestGoMenu View / go to menu item.
NoToolbarOptions Toolbar options.
AlwaysPromptWhenDownload Always prompts when downloading.
NoHelpItemTipOfTheDay Tip of the day.
NoHelpItemNetscapeHelp Netscape help.
NoHelpItemTutorial Tutorial.
NoHelpItemSendFeedback Send feedback.
NoNavButtons Navigation buttons.
NoHelpMenu Help menu item.
NoBrowserBars Browser bars.
NoToolBar Tool bar.
NoAddressBar Address bar.
NoLinksBar Links bar.


See tip 8532 » Using Administrative Template Files with Registry-Based Group Policy.
or
See tip 9808 » PolicyMaker™ Registry Extension freeware.

See tip 3183 » How do I start Internet Explorer in Kiosk mode?

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[DanSchlim]

Jerold,
Thank you very much for your help. i was able to get hte
addressbar and the standard buttons bar removed by creating the
appropriate registry changes. from what i read, i seem to understand,
but one problem i am still running into is that i cannot remove the bar
that has the "file/edit/view/favorites/tools/help" i believe that is
called the browser bar. i could be wrong though. i di dset up the reg
fily and put it as a logon script. that seems to work, but we are
having permissions issues, which is something i can change on our end.
how would i go about removing the browser bar? the is the only one i
cannot remove. thanks in advance.

Dan

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I believe it is called the Menu bar, and I don't know how to remove it.
Did you try Kiosk mode?
Did you try NoToolBar?

Jerold,
Thank you very much for your help. i was able to get hte
addressbar and the standard buttons bar removed by creating the
appropriate registry changes. from what i read, i seem to understand,
but one problem i am still running into is that i cannot remove the bar
that has the "file/edit/view/favorites/tools/help" i believe that is
called the browser bar. i could be wrong though. i di dset up the reg
fily and put it as a logon script. that seems to work, but we are
having permissions issues, which is something i can change on our end.
how would i go about removing the browser bar? the is the only one i
cannot remove. thanks in advance.

Dan

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Try "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main"
Show_Toolbar
no

Jerold,
Thank you very much for your help. i was able to get hte
addressbar and the standard buttons bar removed by creating the
appropriate registry changes. from what i read, i seem to understand,
but one problem i am still running into is that i cannot remove the bar
that has the "file/edit/view/favorites/tools/help" i believe that is
called the browser bar. i could be wrong though. i di dset up the reg
fily and put it as a logon script. that seems to work, but we are
having permissions issues, which is something i can change on our end.
how would i go about removing the browser bar? the is the only one i
cannot remove. thanks in advance.

Dan

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Also, first Unlock the toolbar

reg ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar" /V Locked /T REG_DWORD /F /D 0

Then Disable the Menu bar
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" /V Show_Toolbar /T REG_SZ /F /D "no"

Then lock the toolbar

reg ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar" /V Locked /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1

Jerold,
Thank you very much for your help. i was able to get hte
addressbar and the standard buttons bar removed by creating the
appropriate registry changes. from what i read, i seem to understand,
but one problem i am still running into is that i cannot remove the bar
that has the "file/edit/view/favorites/tools/help" i believe that is
called the browser bar. i could be wrong though. i di dset up the reg
fily and put it as a logon script. that seems to work, but we are
having permissions issues, which is something i can change on our end.
how would i go about removing the browser bar? the is the only one i
cannot remove. thanks in advance.

Dan

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[DanSchlim]

Jerold,
Thank you again for all your help. i was able to fix the
problem. i have run into one other problem that i am hoping you may be
able to help with. now i have everything gone except for the windows
red,green,blue,yellow icon in the top right corner. is there a way to
remove that? that is the last thing standing in my way. Thanks again
for all your help, you have been a lifesaver.

Dan

 

[Jerold Schulman]

See if tip 2908 » How do I remove IEAK branding from Internet Explorer?
and or its' link in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com help.

Jerold,
Thank you again for all your help. i was able to fix the
problem. i have run into one other problem that i am hoping you may be
able to help with. now i have everything gone except for the windows
red,green,blue,yellow icon in the top right corner. is there a way to
remove that? that is the last thing standing in my way. Thanks again
for all your help, you have been a lifesaver.

Dan

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[DanSchlim]

Jerold,
Thank you for your help again, unfortunately that did not work. i
have looked everywhere. there has got to be away to remove that
windows logo.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have been running IE 7 on all my computers and don't remember where the Windows Logo was. There is none in IE 7.

Why do you want to remove it.

Here is a wild stab in the dark:

REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar" /V SmBrandBitmap /F /D " "
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar" /V BrandBitmap /F /D " "
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar" /V BigBitmap /F /D " "
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar" /V SmallBitmap /F /D " "

Log off and On. Let me know.

Jerold,
Thank you for your help again, unfortunately that did not work. i
have looked everywhere. there has got to be away to remove that
windows logo.

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com