Policy Setting to Remove Options Tool Does Not Work

ID: Q244755

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 2 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install Active Desktop, you may not be able to set the policy to remove the Options tool in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the NoOptions policy setting was added as a new restriction in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 and has the same functionality as the NoFolderOptions policy in Internet Explorer 4.0.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Date	Time	Size	File name	Platform
08/05/1999	05:25a	1,508,576	Q1963.exe	(x86)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

If you set the NoFolderOptions policy with the NoOptions policy, the policy works with Windows NT classic shell and the Internet Explorer shell.

If you set the NoFolderOptions registry value to REG_DWORD 0x1 in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

the folder options are removed from the Start menu, as well as the Options tool on the View menu in Windows Explorer.

If you do not have Active Desktop installed, you need to set the NoOptions policy to get the same behavior. The NoBrowserOptions policy only removes the Options tool from the browser window.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:4.01 Service Pack 2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb