Prevents users from saving certain changes to the desktop

NoSaveSettings

HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description

Prevents users from saving certain changes to the desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes, such as the positions of open windows or the size and position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved.

This entry stores the setting of the Don’t save settings at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes this entry from the registry, and the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Value Meaning
0 (or not in the registry) The policy is disabled or not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved.
1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are not saved.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Don’t save settings at exit Group Policy (User ConfigurationAdministrativeTemplatesDesktop).

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For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Group Policy Reference.

For general information about Group Policy, see Windows 2000 Server Help or Windows 2000 Professional Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Registry Table .

Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/library/cc959036(en-us).aspx

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