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How can I hide the Administrative Tools on the Start menu?
John Savill
March 4, 1999
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A. There are a couple of options open to you:
1. Set the protections on the folder and its contents so only members of theAdministrative group can read/execute it. This will only work if the bootpartition is NTFS
Start Explorer
Move to %systemroot%ProfilesAll UsersStart MenuPrograms
Select "Administrative Tools (Common)" and select Properties from the File menu (or Right click the file and select properties)
Click the Security tab
Click the Permissions button
Select "Everyone" and click Remove
Click Add and select "Domain Admins" click Add and select Access to "Full Control". Click OK
Back in the "Directory Permissions" dialog box click OK
Non-administrative users will now see an empty "AdministrativeTools" menu. You could select different users if you wish.
Related: How can I configure the Administrative Tools to show on the Start menu?
2. You could also just move the Administrative Tools folder from the AllUsers section to a specific account area on the machine. There may becomplications with roaming profiles etc.
The methods above just hide the items from the menu, however users couldstill run the applications from Run, however the operating system preventsunauthorized users altering the system using these tools so that is not aproblem (you could always set the protections on the images as well if youdon't want users to run them).
Related: How do I place the Windows XP Administrative Tools on the Start menu?
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