Prevent Browsing of C drive

[bdenning]

How do I prevent restricted users from browsing a computers C drive from
Office applications? Using Windows 2000 Pro and Office 2000. I have Group
Policy preventing access through my computer but they can still browse
through "File" and "open" in Word, Excel etc. Thanks.

 

[Bill Watt]

How do I prevent restricted users from browsing a computers C drive from
Office applications? Using Windows 2000 Pro and Office 2000. I have Group
Policy preventing access through my computer but they can still browse
through "File" and "open" in Word, Excel etc. Thanks.

You can try this to disable the File Menu. Not sure it will help
with individual policies though, I don't use any. BACKUP the
Registry first in case you need to restore it.

Navigate to this key with Regedit.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Right click Explorer in the left pane and add the new Dword value of
NoFileMenu.
Case sensitive I believe.

Then right click the new NoFileMenu Dword and give it a value of 1.
I (one) means the statement is true and 0 (zero) means it's false.
It should look like this - 01 00 00 00

If no help delete the NoFileMenu entry.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/