Managing policies and preferences with a group policy
Use a group policy administrative template to manage preferences and policies across an enterprise.
If you want to set policies and preferences for a group of users, use the Group Policy Administrative Template. This console provides a single user interface through which to manage Group Policy across an enterprise. To use the template, load it into the Group Policy Management Console snap-in.
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To start the Group Policy Management Console, open a command line window and enter gpedit.msc.
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Select Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates.
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Right-click on the Administrative Templates node and select Add/Remove Templates.
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Select Add.
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Navigate to the installation directory for the plug-ins. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Connections Desktop Plugins.
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Select the appropriate template for your Windows version (For example, IBMConnections.adm or IBMConnections64.adm).
There will be two newly created nodes with the following new entries:
- Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) > HCL Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows
- Temporary File Cleanup - Enable/Disable Cleanup
- Temporary File Cleanup - Policy
- Temporary File Cleanup - Minimum File Access Time
- Temporary File Cleanup - Cleanup Frequency
- Hide Shell Extension
- Hide Shell Extension - Policy
- Hide Desktop Icon - Policy
- Hide Desktop Icon - New Start Panel
- Hide Desktop Icon - Classic Start Menu
- SendLink MailApp
- SendLink MailApp - Policy
- Unpublished Prompt
- Unpublished Prompt - Policy
- Show Information Bubbles
- Show Information Bubbles - Policy
- Monitor Warn On Close
- Monitor Warn On Close - Policy
- Scan Ignore Extensions
- Scan Ignore Extensions - Policy
- Password Save - Policy
- Default Authentication Type
- Default Authentication Type - Policy
- Default Authentication Extension
- Basic Authentication Encoding Type
- Cache Directory Root
- Help URL
- Connect to Site Help URL
- Connect to Site Server URL
- Connect to Site Server Name
- Disable Activities Support
- Disable Blogs Support
- Disable Wikis Support
- Disable Bookmarks Support
- Disable Community Bookmarks Support
- Disable Profiles Support
- Disable Search Support
- Encrypt Files
- Encrypt Files -Policy
- Enable Metrics
- Share Intent
- Share Intent - Policy
- Share Propagation
- Share Propagation - Policy
- Disable Groups Support
- Disable Public Sharing Support
- AddDocument
- AddDocument Policy
- DoubleClick
- DoubleClick Policy
- Hide AddTo Group
- User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) > HCL Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows
- Hide Desktop Icon - New Start Panel
- Hide Desktop Icon - Classic Start Menu
Parent topic:HCL Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows