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by pblanton

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Does anyone know what the command line switches are for IE that will allow me to turn off the menus in IE ? I need to turn off all the menus except the default and can not find any reference to doing this.

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by syscokid

I can't find any switches either, but I found some registry hacks that might help you.

From http://hackingtruths.box.sk/untold.htm
Internet Explorer 5 Hidden Features

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 has several hidden features which can be controlled using the Windows Registry. Open your registry and scroll down to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Create a new DWORD value named x(See complete list of values of x below) and modify it's value to 1 to enable it and to 0 to disable it.

NoBrowserClose : Disable the option of closing Internet Explorer.

NoBrowserContextMenu : Disable right-click context menu.

NoBrowserOptions : Disable the Tools / Internet Options menu.

NoBrowserSaveAs : Disable the ability to Save As.

NoFavorites : Disable the Favorites.

NoFileNew : Disable the File / New command.

NoFileOpen : Disable the File / Open command.

NoFindFiles : Disable the Find Files command.

NoSelectDownloadDir : Disable the option of selecting a download directory.

NoTheaterMode : Disable the Full Screen view option.

by jovajo

Hi
If you mean that you don't want to get the prompts in the installation you may try:
/Q:A - Specifies a quiet mode with no user prompts.
If you want more info about the different switches for Int Explorer; read Article Q197147 in Microsoft KB
Regards

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