Series – Windows 10 Customization
In this post I will show you how to hide the Network shortcut from view within File Explorer using Windows 10 LTSC & Group Policy. It is useful to hide this shortcut to prevent your users clicking on it within your client environment.
This post will explain how to hide the shortcut as shown below –
Open the Group Policy Management Console and edit your GPO.
Navigate to –
Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry
Right click > New > Registry Item
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key Path: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
Value Name: {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1
Click OK once finished. You should have a new Registry item like below:
Apply your new GPO to the OU which contains your computer objects.
The Network shortcut will now be hidden when the policy updates on your workstations.
