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Manages File Explorer settings. These include shell properties, folder options, file menus, and available drives.
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Allow only per user or approved shell extensions Allow the use of remote paths in file shortcut icons Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen Disable binding directly to IPropertySetStorage without intermediate layers. Disable Known Folders Display confirmation dialog when deleting files Display the menu bar in File Explorer Do not allow Folder Options to be opened from the Options button on the View tab of the ribbon Do not apply the Mark of the Web tag to files copied from insecure sources Do not display the Welcome Center at user logon Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin Do not reinitialize a pre-existing roamed user profile when it is loaded on a machine for the first time Do not request alternate credentials Do not show the 'new application installed' notification Do not track Shell shortcuts during roaming Hide these specified drives in My Computer Hides the Manage item on the File Explorer context menu Location where all default Library definition files for users/machines reside. Maximum allowed Recycle Bin size Maximum number of recent documents No Computers Near Me in Network Locations No Entire Network in Network Locations Pin Internet search sites to the "Search again" links and the Start menu Pin Libraries or Search Connectors to the "Search again" links and the Start menu Prevent access to drives from My Computer Prevent users from adding files to the root of their Users Files folder. Remove "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive" Remove CD Burning features Remove DFS tab Remove File Explorer's default context menu Remove File menu from File Explorer Remove Hardware tab Remove Search button from File Explorer Remove Security tab Remove Shared Documents from My Computer Remove the Search the Internet "Search again" link Remove UI to change keyboard navigation indicator setting Remove UI to change menu animation setting Request credentials for network installations Set a default associations configuration file Set a support web page link Show files based on your account and cloud provider activity Show hibernate in the power options menu Show lock in the user tile menu Show sleep in the power options menu Start File Explorer with ribbon minimized Turn off Advanced Settings source integration in File Explorer Turn off caching of thumbnail pictures Turn off common control and window animations Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box Turn off heap termination on corruption Turn off numerical sorting in File Explorer Turn off shell protocol protected mode Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files Turn off the display of snippets in Content view mode Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons on network folders Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons. Turn off Windows Key hotkeys Turn off Windows Libraries features that rely on indexed file data Turn on Classic Shell Verify old and new Folder Redirection targets point to the same share before redirecting