restricting "find target" button

[Rowland]

hi all

I am looking for a way to restrict the find target button which appears when you bring up a shortcut properties by pressing alt+enter. It gives a user access to the directory structure which i dont want because im trying to restrict the c drive totally stop all possible ways to bypass access to the c drive.

By the way, anyone know how to stop someone actually opening a simple text file and typing in a link to the C drive and then saving it as a html file, so they can click on it and get to the C drive.

Ok how about this, can I delete or restrict the program api responsible for creating shortcuts and the find target program item too.

Restricting win98 is a nightmare.

thanks all :o)

[MustangDemon]

Does ANYONE know the answer to this? It is a tough one and I would like to know also!
How do we get rid of the Find Target options in Shortcut Properties?

[reghakr]

The only way it can be done is by using a hex editor on the shell32.dll file.

reghakr

[redhades]

I dont have a solution for this right now, but I noticed that when office 2k is installed, the WORD and EXCEL shorcuts on the desktop can not be changed in there properties. The "Find Target" and "change icon" buttons are grayed out.
Maybe this is a clue. I'm curently trying to find a way to apply these secured features to other shortcuts.
If someone knows how, please reply here and tell me by mail.

-/-ReDhAdEs-\-

[RWSchlatter]

"...Restricting win98 is a nightmare..."
the Win9x/ME series have never been designed to be secure, if you need a secure environment, spend a bit extra money on a Win2K license rather then on your working time. Depending on the environment where the machine is used, there would also be 3rd party software to replace the Windows Explorer shell.

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Regards - Richard

[redhades]

*off topic*
Where can I find 3rd party softwares that replace the Windows Explorer shell?

I'm zero'ing on that office shortcut thing. I'll post about it soon.

-/-ReDhAdEs-\-

[RWSchlatter]

J once picked up two references:
http://www.litestep.net/ (http://www.winguides.com/external.php?url=http://www.litestep.net/)
http://www.tweakfiles.com/appearance/ (http://www.winguides.com/external.php?url=http://www.tweakfiles.com/appearance/)

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Regards - Richard

[redhades]

HEY! I GOT IT!
-Go download ResHacker at:
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip
-Extract it somewhere.
-run it.
-open "C:\windows\system\SHELL32.DLL".
-Expand the "Dialog" folder.
-Expand the "1040" folder.
-Click on the "1036" icon.
You should see some script in the main window and a menu to the right called "Dialog-1040" that looks like the shortcut tab of the .LNK file properties.
-On that menu to the right, rightcick on any object composing the menu and chose "Edit control".
A new menu called "Control editor" should popup. Look in the bottom-left part oft that menu. There is a liste of properties available for that control. Some should already be selected in yellow.
-Select the property called "WS_DISABLED".
-Click on the OK button.
-Do the same for every field and button composing the Dialog-1040.
-When your done, click the "Compile" button at the top of the main window.
-Save the project as "SHELL32.TMP" in C:\windows\system\
-Create a batch file called CHNGSHELL.BAT and add these lines: (for future changes)

attrib SHELL32.DLL -s
rename SHELL32.DLL SHELL32.BKP
rename SHELL32.TMP SHELL32.DLL
attrib SHELL32.DLL +s

-Create an other batch file called RSTRSHELL.BAT and add these lines: (To restore the SHELL32.DLL in case there's trouble)

attrib SHELL32.DLL -s
rename SHELL32.DLL SHELL32.TMP
rename SHELL32.BKP SHELL32.DLL
attrib SHELL32.DLL +s

-Reboot your machine in MS-DOS.
-Go to C:\windows\system\
-Execute CHNGSHELL.BAT
-Restart windows
-Rightclick on a shortcut and chose Properties
-VOILA!

Ouf!.. that was hard (NOT!)
You can use the RSTRSHELL.BAT to restore the SHELL32.DLL like it was before.
Try and explore ResHack. It's a great tool that will help change and extract ressources in many EXE, DLL, CPL and many other files types.

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