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How can I remove the default IE links for new Windows XP users?
I'm trying to customize the links bar in Internet Explorer for new users. I'd like to add several of my own links, which I have done by adding the URL shortcuts to two directories.
%system root%/Documents and Settings/All Users
%system root%/Documents and Settings/Default User
Problem is, when a new users logs on, the default IE6 links (Customize Links, Free Hotmail, Windows Marketplace & Windows Media) are imported also -- I do not want these URLs in the new users' Links. I don't know where they're coming from. I'm guessing they're embedded in the registry somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Apparently I need to clarify. I know how to remove the links once the user's profile has been created -- I just don't want them to show up in the first place. While I may know how to remove the worthless links, the users at my office will not know how to... and profile to profile on each PC in my office would be a very, very, very lengthy process.
Where does Windows copy the default links from when a new user logs onto the PC?
Answered my own question!
Turns out, the Windows Marketplace link comes from a registry key. I deleted the key, and new users no longer get the Windows Marketplace link.
To get rid of the other links, I had to repackage Internet Explorer using IEAK, and then reinstall Internet Explorer.
4 Answers
- sonyackLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Right click on the link on the links bar and choose delete.
You can add links to the link bar by visiting the site, putting the cursor over the icon in the address bar, holding down the left mouse button and dragging the address to the links bar and dropping it there.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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- PCTechLv 41 decade ago
Go here and delete the shortcuts.
%system root%/Documents and Settings\%user%Favorites\Links
Where %user% is the current user's name.
- zippo091Lv 61 decade ago
just right click on them and delete them or find the favorites folder and do it from there
