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infonet
PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:27 pm 
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I like Classic Shell on Win 8 and want to use it at a site that has a number of Win 8 PCs on a MS domain. Ideally I would like to set menu setting with Group Policy or worst be able to modify the installation defaults so they are set as I want them for all users. Are the current settings saved in a file somewhere or in the Registry?
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Gaurav
PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:25 am 
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Classic Shell settings are per user and are stored in the registry at HKCU\Software\IvoSoft. By default, every user can edit all of his settings. An administrator can lock specific settings by copying the same setting which exists in the HKCU\Software\IvoSoft branch to the HKLM\Software\IvoSoft branch, so no user can edit them and they get locked in the Settings dialog UI. There is also a global value supported in HKLM called "EnableSettings". Set it to 0 to fully disable the Settings dialog. So it's only a matter of exporting and merging the reg. :)

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infonet
PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:09 pm 
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Thanks GauravK.
Tried what you indicated and all works as you describe. Thanks
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Josiahe
PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:49 pm 
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Hey, I'm probably doing something wrong, but can i get some help changing the default settings?

These are the settings i want
Disable editing the settings for all users
StartButtonType - MetroButton
DisableHotCorner - DisableAll
DefaultMenuStyle - Vista

This is what i currently have in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IvoSoft\ClassicShell

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IvoSoft\ClassicShell]
"Version"=dword:0000778d
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Classic Shell\\"
"DefaultLanguage"=""
@=""
"DefaultMenuStyle"="Vista"
"StartButtonType"="MetroButton"
"DisableHotCorner"="DisableAll"
"EnableSettings"=dword:00000000
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Ivo
PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:06 pm 
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No, the settings must go in \Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu key.
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Gaurav
PostPosted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:57 pm 
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Classic Shell 4.0.4 introduces Group Policy support for its own settings. The file, C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\PolicyDefinitions.zip includes the policy definitions. If you have an Active Directory domain, extract the files to %logonserver%\sysvol\%userdnsdomain%\policies\PolicyDefinitions\ or whatever your Group Policy Central Store is. For Local Group Policy, extract them to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder.

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