Hide Start menu with GPO

[mélanie paterson]

Hi,
I have a little problem with GPO.
What I tried to do is hide everything on desktop and startup menu when
user logs on the terminal server.

I created an OU with GPO and put my terminal server in that OU.
My problem is the start menu is still there with the programs folder but
empty.
Is there any way to put my batch file as the principal program and hide
anything else?
Also I would like to log off the terminal session when the user exit the
program?

thanks.

 

[Darren Mar-Elia]

Melanie-
There's a couple of things here, so I'll try to answer both. The best way to
totally control the Start Menu is to use Folder Redirection to redirect it
to a read-only file share somewhere on your network. Then, within that share
you can put any batch files or shortcuts you wish, and that is what the user
will see when they logon (as long as there are no program groups and icons
within the All Users profile on that TS machine). In terms of logging off
the user after the application closes, you could write a simple batch
program using the Start /wait option that will start the app, (but keep the
batch file running in the background) and then use the Logoff.exe utility
out of the resource kit to logoff after the application is finished.

Let me know if that doesn't work.