Policy overview

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ClassUser
CategoryDesktop
Supported onAt least Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This setting hides Properties on the context menu for Computer. If you enable this setting, the Properties option will not be present when the user right-clicks My Computer or clicks Computer and then goes to the File menu. Likewise, Alt-Enter does nothing when Computer is selected. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the Properties option is displayed as usual.

Internal name
NoPropertiesMyComputer
Policy ID
e69b731d18dd
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoPropertiesMyComputerREG_DWORD
1
0

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