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        Windows 2000 Hide Common Dialog Back button

Section(s): Restriction
Published on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
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The places bar allows users to navigate via the common dialog directly to the following locations: History folder, Desktop, My Documents, My Computer, and My Network Places. When this registry value is enabled, Windows 2000 removes the back button from the common dialog, preventing the user from browsing to the previous folder accessed from the dialog.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32
Name: NoBackButton
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 enable

Applications that use the Windows common dialog API will comply with this policy.