The Ether: How to prevent the Powershell and Server Manager icons being pinned to the taskbar for each user

How to prevent the Powershell and Server Manager icons being pinned to the taskbar for each user

Issue

When a user first logs onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services, the Powershell and Server Manager icons will be pinned to the taskbar. In a secured environment this may be undesirable.

Resolution

To prevent this, remove permissions from the source icons for Users and Everyone.

icacls "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell" /T /inheritance:d
icacls "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell" /T /remove:g "BUILTIN\Users" Everyone
icacls "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Server Manager.lnk" /inheritance:d
icacls "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Server Manager.lnk" /remove:g "BUILTIN\Users" Everyone

Products

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM

Created: 28th July 2010
Updated: 23rd September 2010