disable rename ability

[xenotime]

can we restrict users from renaming important desktop icons such as My Computer, Network Neighborhood, My Documents, Internet Explorer, etc?

[POBrien]

You can't stop the renaming action. However,

run these reg entries down in the users login script.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
@="My Documents"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]
@="Recycle Bin"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@="My Computer"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}]
@="Network Neighborhood"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}]
@="Internet Explorer"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:00000024


this will rename them back to their default names each time they login.

[mulich]

Of course you can restrict renaming of My Computer and Network Neighborhood on the desktop. We've been doing it for years. For WinNT 4.0 :

Run regedt32
HKLocalMachine on Local Machine
Search for 20d04f using Find Key
(uncheck 'Match whole word only')
Will match key for My Computer
Go to Security.
For Interactive, set special access to only the following: Query Value, Notify, Read Control
Login as a typical user (non-administrator) and try to rename. The change won't stick!
For OS's greater than NT4, email me.