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Re: Browser Essentials - Icon Removal
Hi. This is mission critical that we have the ability to disable this in Group Policy. I have 135,000 users we manage in a critical health environment that is protected under Privacy Act and we absolutely cannot have this information collecting data icon sending private patient data to the cloud. Microsoft should be providing the Group Policy BEFORE they deploy these Spam and advertising icons. We have disabled the BING bar and shopping and everything else. It is like playing wack a mole with advertising now. It is worse than Spyware.8.3KViews4likes10CommentsRe: Working with multiple work accounts on a windows 10 device
I have FOUR Microsoft Accounts and I cannot get them to work effectively without pulling my hair out. The biggest issue is the 2 Factor. I logon with one account and it goes to the 2 Factor for my OTHER Account. No idea why. 1 - Personal 2 - Work Employer Teams account with Email 3 - Domain Azure Account for our Client domain (Laptop is in this Domain) - Single Sign on Account. 4 - 2nd Domain (Forest Trusted) Office 365 Email Account for our Client O365 Email I have 2 Outlooks, 2 Teams, 1 Azure, 1 Configuration Mgr and my Personal. I think Microsoft needs a BETTER solution for sure for switching accounts.17KViews2likes0CommentsRe: URGENT BUG Registry Classes Root htmlfile, .htm, .html, etc STILL point to IE in 21H2 and Win11
josh_bodner Look at the Default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html on a Windows 11 computer fresh build. It says htmlfile too. Definitely a bug. We have also disabled IE with policy so it opens Edge if you click iexplore.exe but that doesn't fix this.6.7KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Link order
I have been an Advanced Group Policy administrator (AGPM) for 25 years and currently manage 100,000 hospital computers across 8 domains with about 500 policies that are required for computer software which is different per hospital. We have been asked to transition the policies into our Intune Instance but Intune has no way to set priority on link order? We need the link order ability. There is no way that we cannot have policies that have no "priority" attached to them? Trying to sell people a Hyundai Pony as a replacement for a Ferrari just isn't going to work. When will Microsoft get it together and implement a Link order system? It can easily be done with something similar to the TAG system. Priority 1 is always top priority Priority 2 etc So you can assign Tags to policies and then prioritize them. I mean we have had Link order since Windows 2000 so 22 years now. I am sure Microsoft coders can figure out how to setup their website to prioritize policies.2.1KViews1like1CommentRe: URGENT BUG Registry Classes Root htmlfile, .htm, .html, etc STILL point to IE in 21H2 and Win11
josh_bodner Setting the Default Browser to IE is irrelevant. These Registry keys are the default on Windows 11 out of the box. IE is still the COMPUTER default for htm and html files. Default Browser can be over written by an XML but that enforces Edge as the default. As I said all the user Defaults are already set to Edge. It is the Computer registry that is the problem.7KViews0likes2CommentsCan we have Teams Updates via SCCM WSUS for Computer Based Installs
Can we have Teams Updates via SCCM WSUS for Computer Based Installs We run 86,000 Health computers in hospitals. On average 500-800 users logon to EACH machine per month. Teams "user install" takes up 1GB of Harddrive Space in AppData PER User, with the full application being duplicated in everyones profile. Our Harddrives are filling up constantly. We want to use the "Computer Install". However it does NOT auto update which is odd because Edge can Auto Update as an Enterprise Computer install. We need Teams to be "Patched" via SCCM WSUS just like Office 2019/Office 365 and Microsoft Chromium Edge is. We are trying to update from Skype for Business but this harddrive limitation with the 1GB per user which is 500GB to 800GB of data per month is filling up our 256GB SSD Harddrives weekly.2.1KViews0likes1CommentURGENT BUG Registry Classes Root htmlfile, .htm, .html, etc STILL point to IE in 21H2 and Win11
Hi, We support 80,000 workstations that have been upgraded to 21H2. Users are getting errors when opening Outlook or Word links that the .htm and .html files from HKEY Classes Root are still trying to open in Internet Explorer? Same with Windows 11 This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. Your organization's policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/troubleshoot/message-body/hyperlinks-not-working-in-outlook Even if the USER default Apps is set to "Edge" For every protocol, the Default computer ones have not been switched over and therefore IE is still trying to be used? This is a SERIOUS bug with IE being deprecated in a few weeks. We can do a reg hack pref but not sure even how to do the Edge equivalent settings. This is in Windows 11 TOO? Windows 11 still defaults htmlfile to IE? Come on? Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile] @="HTML Document" "AppUserModelID"="Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default" "EditFlags"=dword:00200000 "FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ieframe.dll,-912" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\CLSID] @="{25336920-03F9-11cf-8FD0-00AA00686F13}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE,-17" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ScriptHostEncode] @="{0CF774D0-F077-11D1-B1BC-00C04F86C324}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell] @="open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Edit] @="&Edit" "MUIVerb"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,43,00,6f,00,6d,00,6d,00,6f,00,6e,00,50,00,72,00,\ 6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,4d,\ 00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,20,00,53,00,68,00,61,00,\ 72,00,65,00,64,00,5c,00,4f,00,66,00,66,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,31,00,36,00,5c,\ 00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\ 2d,00,31,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\\msohtmed.exe\" %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open] @="Open in S&ame Window" "MUIVerb"="@C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ieframe.dll,-5732" "CommandId"="IE.File" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" %1" "DelegateExecute"="{17FE9752-0B5A-4665-84CD-569794602F5C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\print] @="&Print" "MUIVerb"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,43,00,6f,00,6d,00,6d,00,6f,00,6e,00,50,00,72,00,\ 6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,4d,\ 00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,20,00,53,00,68,00,61,00,\ 72,00,65,00,64,00,5c,00,4f,00,66,00,66,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,31,00,36,00,5c,\ 00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\ 2d,00,35,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\print\command] @="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\mshtml.dll\",PrintHTML \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\printto\command] @="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\mshtml.dll\",PrintHTML \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http] @="URL:http" "AppUserModelID"="Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default" "EditFlags"=dword:00200002 "FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\Windows\\System32\\ieframe.dll,-903" "Source Filter"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Windows\\System32\\url.dll,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\Extensions] ".ASF"="{187463A0-5BB7-11D3-ACBE-0080C75E246E}" ".WM"="{187463A0-5BB7-11D3-ACBE-0080C75E246E}" ".WMA"="{187463A0-5BB7-11D3-ACBE-0080C75E246E}" ".WMV"="{187463A0-5BB7-11D3-ACBE-0080C75E246E}" ".OGA"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" ".OGG"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" ".OGV"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" ".SPX"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" ".WEBA"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" ".WEBM"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell] @="open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open] "CommandId"="IE.Protocol" "DontReturnProcessHandle"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" %1" "DelegateExecute"="{17FE9752-0B5A-4665-84CD-569794602F5C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https] @="URL:https" "AppUserModelID"="Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default" "EditFlags"=dword:00200002 "FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\Windows\\System32\\ieframe.dll,-904" "Source Filter"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Windows\\System32\\url.dll,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell] @="open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open] "CommandId"="IE.Protocol" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" %1" "DelegateExecute"="{17FE9752-0B5A-4665-84CD-569794602F5C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm] @="htmlfile" "Content Type"="text/html" "PerceivedType"="text" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithProgids] "AppX4hxtad77fbk3jkkeerkrm0ze94wjf3s9"=hex(0): "ChromeHTML"="" "IE.AssocFile.HTM"="" "MSEdgeHTM"="" "VisualStudio.htm.10.0"="" "VisualStudio.htm.32580117"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\PersistentHandler] @="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html] @="htmlfile" "Content Type"="text/html" "PerceivedType"="text" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\OpenWithProgids] "AppX4hxtad77fbk3jkkeerkrm0ze94wjf3s9"=hex(0): "ChromeHTML"="" "IE.AssocFile.HTM"="" "MSEdgeHTM"="" "VisualStudio.html.10.0"="" "VisualStudio.html.32580117"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\PersistentHandler] @="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"7.9KViews3likes7CommentsRe: Edge Group Policy BUG with New TAB PAGE - RECOMMENDED is getting ENFORCED and not changeable.
Hi Kelly This needs to be added to SETTINGS as a user changeable setting. This policy should work as expected and be a Recommended, but NOT enforced policy. I get that Microsoft wants to advertise and push advertisements from their New Tab Page down on people whether they want them or not, but that interferes with business ability to conduct business effectively without their WAN links being spammed by advertising to people at work. Please provide the ability in Settings to CHOOSE a website like we could in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer is gone as of next month and so far Edge cannot function like it yet despite the IE age.6.5KViews2likes0CommentsRe: View Teams and Chat in the same Left List View like Slack does?
adam deltinger If Microsoft wants to compete with their Teams App then they should make it easier, and more convenient than Slack, not less. Teams currently is very annoying to use. I mean you LITERALLY cannot copy and paste into a teams chat without copying to notepad first. I mean what app in 2021 cannot handle a "paste as plain text"? Copying out of a Teams chat also copies all the crap of the user etc. It is so annoying. If I want to copy a computer name, I want just the computer name, not the "sent by" and spaces and the date it was posted etc. We use Group Policy and we copy text from the GPO app and they show up as gobledygook in Teams.18KViews9likes1CommentTaskbar Layout XML W10/W11, Start XML W10 and Start JSON Win11 - but same Policy location?
We manage 80,000+ workstations for hundreds of hospitals and multiple health authorities. We have a Start Menu and Taskbar XML for each health authority for Windows 10. We want to use the same Start Menu/Taskbar XML icons for Windows 11 as we have for Win10. We already have the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Start Layout pointing to the Start/Taskbar XML located on Netlogon that works for Win10 AND Win11 taskbar, BUT with Windows 11 the start layout has to be JSON but the Win11 Taskbar is still XML and there is only ONE GPO location to put both and XML for the Taskbar AND the JSON for the Start Layout? These web instructions do not show how to do both? Why is there not another GPO location for the JSON? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-taskbar-windows-11 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-start-menu-layout-windows-11 This one works for everything BUT the Windows 11 Start Menu. <LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" Version="1"> <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" /> <DefaultLayoutOverride LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups"> <StartLayoutCollection> <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"> <start:Group Name="" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="Microsoft.Windows.Computer" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="4" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Skype for Business 2016.lnk" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Excel 2016.lnk" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Outlook 2016.lnk" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PowerPoint 2016.lnk" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word 2016.lnk" /> </start:Group> </defaultlayout:StartLayout> </StartLayoutCollection> </DefaultLayoutOverride> <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace"> <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> <taskbar:TaskbarPinList> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Internet Explorer.lnk" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\Excel 2013.lnk" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\Word 2013.lnk" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\Outlook 2013.lnk" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\PowerPoint 2013.lnk" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\Skype for Business 2015.lnk" /> </taskbar:TaskbarPinList> </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection> </LayoutModificationTemplate>2.9KViews0likes0CommentsWindows 11 bug - Cannot move the taskbar to the Side or top
We run hospitals and have 86,000 workstations that we will be upgrading to Windows 11. However, one HUGE stumbling block has been the broken Taskbar and that it will no longer move. We have clinical apps that have their own Taskbars at the top and the bottom so we HAVE to have the taskbar set on the Side. We have UEV that roams the setting. However, with Windows 11 that functionality seems to be removed. It is very annoying that Microsoft is removing functionality and dumbing things down. Can they please fix it. We have had Moving taskbars since Windows 95. I cannot believe they removed that feature.14KViews10likes22CommentsRe: Why did the Downloads move to the top right from the Bottom?
HotCakeX replied "It's not chromium Edge, just Edge. This is consistent, a change happened and it will stay that way. what makes it inconsistent is some people asking to use the old design while the others want to stay on the new one." Edge is an App that runs in the System folder and it still is on about 50% of our Windows Enerprise computers. C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe Chromium Edge is software that installs in Program Files and it is a copy of the Chrome browser. It has to be manually installed on OS older than 20H2. So not the same thing at all. Consistent means that it is consistent with IE and Chrome which is what it is trying to replace.27KViews0likes1CommentRe: Why did the Downloads move to the top right from the Bottom?
I do beta testing at work, not at home. They just released it on week of April 15th, version 90 for all users. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-release-schedule 90 Released Week of 15-Apr-2021 90.0.818.39 The whole point of Chromium Edge is to replace Internet Explorer and Chrome. Chrome 90 pops up an explorer window right away and asks you where to save. In IE it is a popup in the middle of the screen. I think they should leave that as an option. I am dealing with hospital workers who run around in hospitals all day. They don't have time to go searching for where Edge moved the downloads this week. We need a consistent experience for business. I did send feedback but I am not super confident it actually gets read.27KViews1like6CommentsRe: Introducing the new downloads experience
So this is messing up our hospital users. We recently switched from IE and Chrome to new Chromium Edge. Now we are getting calls that the downloads is not functioning like IE and Chrome do and they are having problems with downloading multiple items and locating where it is downloading too. With Downloads we have enforced "Ask where to save downloads" in Group Policy. For Business Chrome version 90 it pops up with an explorer window and asks you where to save it. With IE it is a pop-up window too. With Chromium Edge it is hidden in the top right corner which is not easily visible and with the touch screens it is difficult to access the drop down and it doesn't OPEN Explorer window at all when "ask for saving" is enabled?3KViews3likes0CommentsWhy did the Downloads move to the top right from the Bottom?
I download a lot of files being a computer tech. I liked having it at the bottom of the screen, or a pop-up like IE, because I have a 32" screen and moving my mouse up to the top right every time to click save as for downloads is very annoying and makes multiple saves cumbersome. What was this moved? It takes up more real-estate and it is just annoying to change it without giving users the option? Can they provide a pref to move it back to the bottom please?28KViews1like18CommentsRe: Microsoft Edge Group Policies for lists like Pop-ups do NOT combine -they replace unlike IE?
Chrome doesn't have official supported updated ADMX Group Policies. It is NOT a corporate browser. It is NOT designed for Group Policy or corporate use. It is a home based browser and the user made ADMX for Chrome don't work most of the time. For example if you set the home page to "run once" in Chrome it doesn't even set at all. Edge Chromium is being advertised as a replacement for Internet Explorer in a corporate world. Therefore it should not copy a crappy unsupported home browser. Please realized that we have IE and we are trying to migrate away from it. I have 86,000 workstations and we cannot upgrade them until they can fix Edge to run like IE.16KViews1like2CommentsRe: Microsoft Edge Group Policies for lists like Pop-ups do NOT combine -they replace unlike IE?
The ADMX needs to be fixed with the later version so that it doesn't overwrite lists. There should be no 1, 2, 3 etc it should just be keys. Therefore the ONLY Overriding should be if the key is identical. That is just the way group policies are supposed to work. With IE there is a standard processing process for policies and it worked great. If Edge is supposed to replace IE as the standard browser then they need to fix it so that it works well in Group Policy in the same way as IE does.16KViews0likes4CommentsRe: Microsoft Edge Group Policies for lists like Pop-ups do NOT combine -they replace unlike IE?
Here is the structure. All Health authorities = OU = Tier 1 Group Policy linked to OU = "User and IE Edge Settings All" User Configuration - Admin templates Microsoft Edge (latest ADMX) = Pop up blocker = Allow = *.domain1.com *.domain2.com *.domain3.com IE Settings = Pop up blocker = Allow = *.domain1.com *.domain2.com *.domain3.com Child OU = Health Authority A (so this OU is inside the above one) = Tier 2 "Health Authority A User and IE Edge Settings All" User Configuration Microsoft Edge (latest ADMX) = Pop up blocker = Allow = *.siteextra1.com *.siteextra2.com *.siteextra3.com IE Settings = Pop up blocker = Allow = *.siteextra1.com *.siteextra2.com *.siteextra3.com Group Policies with Lists are SUPPOSED to be "cumulative" so if you add a Trusted site or a popup for IE in the Parent OU and different ones in the child OU they "merge" together. End result for computer inside Child OU. IE Settings = Pop up blocker = Allow = *.domain1.com *.domain2.com *.domain3.com *.siteextra1.com *.siteextra2.com *.siteextra3.com Microsoft Edge = Pop up blocker = Allow = *.siteextra1.com *.siteextra2.com *.siteextra3.com So instead of Edge "appending" the registry key like IE does, the policy deletes the Tier 1 settings and applies only the Tier 2 settings. Note we have thousands of group policies with lists like Applocker, IE settings, Office settings in multiple policies. Lists in ALL those policies are always combined for the end result. Edge Policies are the only one where a list is blown away entirely and not appended to if another policy adds to the list. Note that Computer settings for IE always overwrite the same User settings. That is 100% expected. However, if we set computer settings for Edge with lists in multiple policies the lists are not merged regardless if it is extensions, or anything else.16KViews0likes6Comments
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