HELP pls: Disable IE "Reuse windows" for all users

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I am new to scripting and am having a problem I would like if you could =
help with:

I have to disable the IE feature "Tools|Options|Advanced|Reuse window" =
for all my users, in about 500 computers; I was trying to do a script =
that would run once, and do a registry "hack", but I was only succesfull =
for the current user, ie using=20

WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet =
Explorer\Main\AllowWindowReuse", 0,"REG_DWORD"

I already have tried the keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\..." and =
"HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software", but with no results.
Does anyone know a way to do it?
Many thanks in advance.
Am=E9rico Nascimento
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Explorer\Main\AllowWindowReuse",=20
0,"REG_DWORD"</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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RE: HELP pls: Disable IE "Reuse windows" for all users by jefrie

jefrie
Thu Jan 26 04:25:03 CST 2006

Just a guess - maybe there is a Group Policy for this setting (in case you
can use policies)

HKCU is always some kind of wark-around. Maybe you can use your script and
let it execute every logon (using the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key)

~~ Reuse window=%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cscript.exe "<path-to-script>" //NoLogo

That way i would work, but you have an ugly console window (for a very short
time)
---
Jens Frieben (Germany)


"Américo Nascimento" wrote:

> I am new to scripting and am having a problem I would like if you could help with:
>
> I have to disable the IE feature "Tools|Options|Advanced|Reuse window" for all my users, in about 500 computers; I was trying to do a script that would run once, and do a registry "hack", but I was only succesfull for the current user, ie using
>
> WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\AllowWindowReuse", 0,"REG_DWORD"
>
> I already have tried the keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\..." and "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software", but with no results.
> Does anyone know a way to do it?
> Many thanks in advance.
> Américo Nascimento
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Re: HELP pls: Disable IE "Reuse windows" for all users by Américo

Américo
Thu Jan 26 05:16:35 CST 2006

Thank you for your prompt help.

Unfortunately I could not find any group policy to do this.
I guess your solution is a possible one, but i would prefer one that would
run only once.
Thank you, anyway.
Américo

"jefrie" <jefrie@discussions.microsoft.com> escreveu na mensagem
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> Just a guess - maybe there is a Group Policy for this setting (in case you
> can use policies)
>
> HKCU is always some kind of wark-around. Maybe you can use your script and
> let it execute every logon (using the
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key)
>
> ~~ Reuse window=%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cscript.exe "<path-to-script>"
> //NoLogo
>
> That way i would work, but you have an ugly console window (for a very
> short
> time)
> ---
> Jens Frieben (Germany)
>
>
> "Américo Nascimento" wrote:
>
>> I am new to scripting and am having a problem I would like if you could
>> help with:
>>
>> I have to disable the IE feature "Tools|Options|Advanced|Reuse window"
>> for all my users, in about 500 computers; I was trying to do a script
>> that would run once, and do a registry "hack", but I was only succesfull
>> for the current user, ie using
>>
>> WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
>> Explorer\Main\AllowWindowReuse", 0,"REG_DWORD"
>>
>> I already have tried the keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\..." and
>> "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software", but with no results.
>> Does anyone know a way to do it?
>> Many thanks in advance.
>> Américo Nascimento


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Re: HELP pls: Disable IE "Reuse windows" for all users by Jerold

Jerold
Thu Jan 26 06:51:05 CST 2006

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:44:27 -0000, Américo Nascimento <americo.nascimento@soaresdacosta.pt> wrote:

>I am new to scripting and am having a problem I would like if you could help with:
>
>I have to disable the IE feature "Tools|Options|Advanced|Reuse window" for all my users, in about 500 computers; I was trying to do a script that would run once, and do a registry "hack", but I was only succesfull for the current user, ie using
>
>WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\AllowWindowReuse", 0,"REG_DWORD"
>
>I already have tried the keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\..." and "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software", but with no results.
>Does anyone know a way to do it?
>Many thanks in advance.
>Américo Nascimento

Use tip 9808 » PolicyMaker? Registry Extension freeware
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com to have
Group Policy set the AllowWindowReuse Value Name.

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
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Re: HELP pls: Disable IE "Reuse windows" for all users by Américo

Américo
Thu Jan 26 08:05:00 CST 2006

Thanks a lot!
I think this will help greatly. I'm going to try this at once.

Thanks again.
Américo

"Jerold Schulman" <Jerry@jsiinc.com> escreveu na mensagem
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> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:44:27 -0000, Américo Nascimento
> <americo.nascimento@soaresdacosta.pt> wrote:
>
>>I am new to scripting and am having a problem I would like if you could
>>help with:
>>
>>I have to disable the IE feature "Tools|Options|Advanced|Reuse window" for
>>all my users, in about 500 computers; I was trying to do a script that
>>would run once, and do a registry "hack", but I was only succesfull for
>>the current user, ie using
>>
>>WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
>>Explorer\Main\AllowWindowReuse", 0,"REG_DWORD"
>>
>>I already have tried the keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\..." and
>>"HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software", but with no results.
>>Does anyone know a way to do it?
>>Many thanks in advance.
>>Américo Nascimento
>
> Use tip 9808 » PolicyMakerT Registry Extension freeware
> in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com to have
> Group Policy set the AllowWindowReuse Value Name.
>
> Jerold Schulman
> Windows Server MVP
> JSI, Inc.
> http://www.jsiinc.com
> http://www.jsifaq.com


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