Disable the Full Screen Menu Option in Internet Explorer
Posted By Brent Trahan On June 11, 2009 @ 10:33 pm In Guides, Personalization | No Comments
If you enable this policy, the Full Screen command on the View menu will appear dimmed, and pressing F11 will not display the browser in a full screen.
If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users can display the browser in a full screen.
This policy is intended to prevent users from displaying the browser without toolbars, which might be confusing for some beginning users.
Disable IE’s Full Screen Menu Option
- Type gpedit.msc in the Start menu’s search box and then press Enter.
Note: This guide shows you how to make changes to Windows 7 using Group Policy. Group Policy is not available in Home versions of Windows 7.
- Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorer, and then select Browser menus in the left column of the Group Policy editor.
[1] - Double-click View menu: Disable Full Screen menu option in the Settings section of the Group Policy editor.
- Select Enable and then click OK to save the changes.
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