How to Prevent users from Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars in Windows Vista?


Taskbar Toolbars:



Figure 1


Taskbar Toolbars Disabled (greyed out):



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If you will disable the Taskbar Toolbars then the users won’t be able to add or remove the Toolbars from the Taskbar. The Toolbars will be greyed out as shown in Figure 2.

Note: To know how to add or remove Taskbar Toolbars click the link Add or Remove a Toolbar from Taskbar in Windows Vista

You can accomplish this in the following way:

1) Open Local Group Policy Editor and navigate to the branch

User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar in the left pane



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2) Now double click the option Prevent users from adding or removing toolbars in the right pane

3) Select the dot Enabled to prevent users from Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars

Note: To allow users to add or remove Toolbars then select Disabled or Not Configured dot.



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4) Click Apply and then OK button