Windows

Disable Address Bar in IE8

March 21, 2013 Rich 1 min read

Working on some thinstations with XP/IE8 today and needed to implement removal of Address/NavBar and could not find it in the GPO.  Came across someone who created the magic and I will share this information.
NOTE: There is an extra line feed at the bottom; make sure you include this in your file. =)
Create a new file in notepad and save the following as DisableIENav.adm, for example…

class user
category IESettings
policy "disable/hide IE command bar"
keyname "softwarepoliciesmicrosoftinternet explorertoolbarsrestrictions"
explain "here is the explaination"
valuename "NoCommandBar"
valueon numeric 1
valueoff numeric 0
end policy
policy "disable/hide IE nav bar"
keyname "SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbarsRestrictions"
explain "here is the explaination"
valuename "NoNavBar"
valueon numeric 1
valueoff numeric 0
end policy
end category

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