Tag: User Configuration
Restrict user locales
This policy setting restricts users on a computer to the specified list of user locales. If the list is empty it locks all user locales to their current values. This policy setting does not change existing user locale settings; however the next time a user attempts to change their user locale their choices will be restricted to locales in this list. To set this policy setting on a per-user basis make sure that you do not configure the per-computer policy setting. The locale list is specified using language tags separated by a semicolon (;). For example en-US is English (United States). Specifying “en-CA;fr-CA” would restrict the user locale to English (Canada) and French (Canada). If you enable this policy setting only locales in the specified locale list can be selected by users. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can select any locale installed on the computer unless restricted by the “Disallow selection of Custom Locales” policy setting. If this policy setting is enabled at the computer level it cannot be disabled by a per-user policy. If this policy setting is disabled at the computer level the per-user policy is ignored. If this policy setting is not configured at the computer level restrictions are based on per-user policies.
Disallow selection of Custom Locales
This policy setting prevents a user from selecting a supplemental custom locale as their user locale. The user is restricted to the set of locales that are installed with the operating system. This does not affect the selection of replacement locales. To prevent the selection of replacement locales adjust the permissions of the %windir% -> Globalization directory to prevent the installation of locales by unauthorized users. The policy setting “Restrict user locales” can also be enabled to disallow selection of a custom locale even if this policy setting is not configured. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot select a custom locale as their user locale but they can still select a replacement locale if one is installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can select a custom locale as their user locale. If this policy setting is enabled at the machine level it cannot be disabled by a per-user policy setting. If this policy setting is disabled at the machine level the per-user policy setting will be ignored. If this policy setting is not configured at the machine level restrictions will be based on per-user policy settings. To set this policy setting on a per-user basis make sure that you do not configure the per-machine policy setting.
Turn off Preview Pane
Hides the Preview Pane in File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the Preview Pane in File Explorer is hidden and cannot be turned on by the user. If you disable or do not configure this setting the Preview Pane is hidden by default and can be displayed by the user.
Hide Regional and Language Options administrative options
This policy setting removes the Administrative options from the Region settings control panel. Administrative options include interfaces for setting system locale and copying settings to the default user. This policy setting does not however prevent an administrator or another application from changing these values programmatically. This policy setting is used only to simplify the Regional Options control panel. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot see the Administrative options. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can see the Administrative options. Note: Even if a user can see the Administrative options other policies may prevent them from modifying the values.
Turn on or off details pane
This policy setting shows or hides the Details Pane in File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting and configure it to hide the pane the Details Pane in File Explorer is hidden and cannot be turned on by the user. If you enable this policy setting and configure it to show the pane the Details Pane is always visible and cannot be hidden by the user. Note: This has a side effect of not being able to toggle to the Preview Pane since the two cannot be displayed at the same time. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the Details Pane is hidden by default and can be displayed by the user. This is the default policy setting.
Redirect folders on primary computers only
This policy setting controls whether folders are redirected on a user’s primary computers only. This policy setting is useful to improve logon performance and to increase security for user data on computers where the user might not want to download private data such as on a meeting room computer or on a computer in a remote office. To designate a user’s primary computers an administrator must use management software or a script to add primary computer attributes to the user’s account in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). This policy setting also requires the Windows Server 2012 version of the Active Directory schema to function. If you enable this policy setting and the user has redirected folders such as the Documents and Pictures folders the folders are redirected on the user’s primary computer only. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting and the user has redirected folders the folders are redirected on every computer that the user logs on to. Note: If you enable this policy setting in Computer Configuration and User Configuration the Computer Configuration policy setting takes precedence.
Enable optimized move of contents in Offline Files cache on Folder Redirection server path change
This policy setting controls whether the contents of redirected folders is copied from the old location to the new location or simply renamed in the Offline Files cache when a folder is redirected to a new location. If you enable this policy setting when the path to a redirected folder is changed from one network location to another and Folder Redirection is configured to move the content to the new location instead of copying the content to the new location the cached content is renamed in the local cache and not copied to the new location. To use this policy setting you must move or restore the server content to the new network location using a method that preserves the state of the files including their timestamps before updating the Folder Redirection location. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting when the path to a redirected folder is changed and Folder Redirection is configured to move the content to the new location Windows copies the contents of the local cache to the new network location then deleted the content from the old network location.
Do not automatically make specific redirected folders available offline
This policy setting allows you to control whether individual redirected shell folders are available offline by default. For the folders affected by this setting users must manually select the files they wish to make available offline. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting all redirected shell folders are automatically made available offline. All subfolders within the redirected folders are also made available offline. Note: This policy setting does not prevent files from being automatically cached if the network share is configured for “Automatic Caching” nor does it affect the availability of the “Always available offline” menu option in the user interface. Note: The configuration of this policy for any folder will override the configured value of “Do not automatically make all redirected folders available offline”.
Do not automatically make all redirected folders available offline
This policy setting allows you to control whether all redirected shell folders such as Contacts Documents Desktop Favorites Music Pictures Videos Start Menu and AppData -> Roaming are available offline by default. If you enable this policy setting users must manually select the files they wish to make available offline. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting redirected shell folders are automatically made available offline. All subfolders within the redirected folders are also made available offline. Note: This policy setting does not prevent files from being automatically cached if the network share is configured for “Automatic Caching” nor does it affect the availability of the “Always available offline” menu option in the user interface. Note: Do not enable this policy setting if users will need access to their redirected files if the network or server holding the redirected files becomes unavailable. Note: If one or more valid folder GUIDs are specified in the policy setting “Do not automatically make specific redirected folders available offline” that setting will override the configured value of “Do not automatically make all redirected folders available offline”.
Use localized subfolder names when redirecting Start Menu and My Documents
This policy setting allows the administrator to define whether Folder Redirection should use localized names for the All Programs Startup My Music My Pictures and My Videos subfolders when redirecting the parent Start Menu and legacy My Documents folder respectively. If you enable this policy setting Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will use localized folder names for these subfolders when redirecting the Start Menu or legacy My Documents folder. If you disable or not configure this policy setting Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will use the standard English names for these subfolders when redirecting the Start Menu or legacy My Documents folder. Note: This policy is valid only on Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 when it processes a legacy redirection policy already deployed for these folders in your existing localized environment.