Disable "Add A Network Location"

[Bob_the_Goon]

Hello,

 

Does any body know how to prevent users from being able to launch the "Add A Network Location Wizard" when right clicking inside on Windows Explorer. I've tried searching Google but none of what I have tried on there has been successful. There must be a way of doing this?!?

 

We are running Windows 7 SP1 32 bit.

 

Kind regards,

 

Paul

[Grey-gear]

One possibility would be to disable right click for the students through GPO, you may want to do this a quick fix whilst looking for a better answer.

 

Sorry can't help more.

[mulderite]

I second the disable right-click idea. We've been using Windows 7 in our school since 2012 and we've disabled right-click functionality for students since day 1 - and never had a single complaint about it. We DO allow them to right click in IE (so they can save images) but that's it. I personally don't see the need to allow them to do this anyway. The only function they really require (copy/paste) they can do via the menus/shortcut keys anyway.

[Oaktech]

As far as I'm aware the only way to do it is to use SetACL to deny users access to the wizard, there isn't a way of losing it altogether.

 

SetACL.exe -on "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Windows.AddNetworkLocation" -ot reg -actn setowner -ownr n:Administrators

SetACL.exe -on "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Windows.AddNetworkLocation" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:Users;p:read;m:deny"

 

Otherwise your options in order of preference:

 

Remove the ability of users to map network drives

remove the ability to right click

Start chopping off the fingers of anyone who tries to add a location in the hope that most people like their fingers attached and stop doing it.

[sniffingmoose]

I disable Right click on everything via Group Policy.