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How to Force Change to Single-Click Mode Using .reg File

Article ID: 174490 - View products that this article applies to.

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SUMMARY

NOTE: The information in this article applies to Internet Explorer 5 users only if the Windows Desktop Update component is installed. This component is installed with Windows 98 or can be installed with Internet Explorer 4. For information about adding or removing the Windows Desktop Update component, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

165695

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165695/EN-US/ )

How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update

This article describes how to change users' desktops from using the "Double-click to open an item (single-click to select)" option to the "Single-click to open an item (point to select)" option without user intervention. This method may benefit network administrators in implementing single-click after a rollout of Internet Explorer.

Note that Microsoft Technical Support does not support writing registry files for import. For more information about writing .reg files, see the Microsoft Windows 95 Software Development Kit (SDK).

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Create the .reg File

Using any text editor (such as Notepad), create a file with the following content:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer]
"IconUnderline"=hex(0):03,00,00,00

[HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"ShellState"=hex:1c,00,00,00,41,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,
00,00,\00,00,00,00,09,00,00,00
"IconUnderline"=hex(0):03,00,00,00

Save this file as Single.reg and place it on a server.

Running the .reg File

Add the following command to users' login scripts:

regedit <path to file>\single.reg /s

The /s switch makes the command run silently so that no user intervention is required. After the command is carried out, restarting the computer or refreshing the screen activates the Single-click to open an item (point to select) option.

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Article ID: 174490 - Last Review: June 5, 2007 - Revision: 3.3

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition

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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.

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