Remove the Show Options from the View Options in Explorer


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I'm trying to prevent my users from seeing hidden items and unchecking file name extensions through an explorer window. I looked through Group Policy and couldn't find a way to do this. Does anyone have any idea how I can either remove the two options (file name extensions and hidden items) or preferably disable the "Show" option?

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Are your Users set as having Administrative Rights or as Standard Users? Standard can't do as much as Admin as for changing settings, programs, etc.
 

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You couldn't do much without a context menu.

The solution is to keep others from using your account by using a strong PW/pin and log out when you leave the computer. Give them their own account as standard user. Any view settings they make to their account will affect only their files, not yours.
 

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i run a powershell script on scheduled task to re-enable numlock if disabled. you could run this and modify it for ShowHiddenFiles or Extensions...

Code: 
POWERSHELL [CONSOLE]::NumberLock | FIND /I "FALSE">NUL&&POWERSHELL ($WSH = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell)-AND($WSH.SendKeys('{NUMLOCK}'))>NUL
 

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glasskuter said:
The solution is to keep others from using your account by using a strong PW/pin and log out when you leave the computer. Give them their own account as standard user. Any view settings they make to their account will affect only their files, not yours.
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This doesn't address my issue. I have a strong password and it's a workstation, not my computer specifically. A standard user can change settings that they aren't supposed to such as show hidden files and file name extensions. I was able to disable this in Windows 10.

Berton said:
Are your Users set as having Administrative Rights or as Standard Users? Standard can't do as much as Admin as for changing settings, programs, etc.
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The user account is a non-admin (Users), however, they still can select to show hidden items.
 

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