NoteHKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
The Policies\Explorer subkey contains entries that store Group Policy settings for Windows Explorer and the Windows interface. These include policies for the Start menu, taskbar, desktop, and Control Panel. The entries in this subkey are written and maintained by Group Policy and read and interpreted by the Windows Explorer program.
This subkey in HKEY_CURRENT_USER stores policy-related entries that are configured separately for each user. There is also a Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer subkey in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE that stores policy-related entries that apply to all users of this computer.
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Many of the entries in the Policies subkeys have counterparts in other registry subkeys. These counterparts, known as preferences have the same effect on user or computer features as entries in the Policies subkey. However, when an entry appears in the Policies subkey, the preference is almost always ignored. For details, see the entry descriptions.
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For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.
For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.
To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.
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