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Hide the tab Security from Windows Explorer

This setting enables you to hide the tab Security from Windows Explorer.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to hide the tab Security from Windows Explorer.

This restriction removes the Security tab from Windows explorer which prevents users from accessing or changing the security permissions of folder and file objects.

If you go to a file or folder in Windows Explorer, press the right mouse button, choose properties and click on the tab Security, you can set permissions. If you disable simple file sharing, you can use this setting to hide the tab Security.

For this go to "Start->Run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one DWORD value "NoSecurityTab", if this value is not existing.

Now you can set this value to hide the tab Security from the preferences dialog box. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

NoSecurityTab

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "Security" tab is not visible in the 'My Documents' properties.

The "Security" tab is visible in the 'My Documents' properties.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\] key, right-click and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoSecurityTab".

Third, right-click on the 'NoSecurityTab' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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