Toolbar Registry Setting

  • Section(s): IE and Explorer, Miscellaneous
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 3.4 out of 5 based on 5 votes.
You can access the Explorer toolbar options by either
  • right-click the Explorer toolbar
  • select View / Toolbars / Customize

If you want to lockdown the Explorer toolbars to prevent users from chosing which toolbars to display, apply the following registry hack:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Name: NoBandCustomize
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 restrict

To remove the customize option only, apply the following registry hack:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Name: NoToolbarCustomize
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 restrict

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