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Removing the Network location from the Navigation Pane
October 30, 2015
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenApp/XenDesktop 7.0 - 7.7
On a recent XenApp 7.6 project, the IT Manager was insistent that the Network location be removed from the Navigation pane. The manager wanted no one to see the Network location from Explorer, Save, or SaveAs dialogs from any of the published resources on any of the XenApp 7.6 servers. This is how I accomplished this for the manager.
Figure 1 shows the navigation pane from one of my servers.
Figure 2 shows what the manager wanted.
To achieve this goal requires a registry change. Group Policy Preference comes to the rescue.
I am a fan of single-purpose group policies, so either create a new group policy for this functionality or add it to an existing group policy.
Go to Computer Configuration/Preferences/Registry
Right-click and select New/Registry Item.
Enter the following values as shown in Figure 3.
Action : Update Hive : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key Path : SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum Value name: {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C} Value type: REG_DWORD Value data>: 1
I found that a server reboot was required before the Network location was removed, as shown in Figure 4.
Change the Value data to 0, reboot the server, and the Network location is added back to the Navigation Pane, as shown in Figure 5.
Thanks
Webster
3 Responses to “Removing the Network location from the Navigation Pane”
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November 23, 2015 at 10:37 am
Carl,
I assume this does not affect mapping of local drives under ‘Computer’?
Thanks,
Alain
November 23, 2015 at 11:26 am
That is my experience.
Webster
October 30, 2015 at 5:45 pm
PowerShell way:
New-ItemProperty “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum” -Name “{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}” -Value 1 -PropertyType “DWord”
Nice tip! Thanks.