Netscape and MSIE administration kits -- any info?

Brian Horakh Bhorakh at CI.ESCONDIDO.CA.US
Wed Sep 25 13:40:56 EDT 1996


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To stop netscape from saving in the C:\program
files\netscape\navigator\program directory.

Netscape defaults to save in its current "Working Directory" which can
be edited in the shortcut that points to netscape (or the PIF if your still into
that)

I haven't tried to edit Netscape yet, (have been thinking about it though)
has anybody run into checksum errors? I should think that netscape
would have at least made sure you can't edit the binary. (perhaps not??)


>>> David Risner <drisner at swlaw.edu> 09/24/96 09:17pm >>>
On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Michael Wilde wrote:

> I've opened the Netscape.exe file in MS C++ 4.0 Developer Studio and 
> found the menu item and class table entry for that stupid "Save as  >
Wallpaper" button off the right mouse.  I've deleted it, and tried to  > save
the exe but C++ tells me that "this resource cannot be saved in this  >
executable".  I thought I had whipped the damn right mouse problem until 
> this message....ne1 know how to get around it...I've even tried doing a 
> "File-->Save As"..with no luck.

The secret is to do this editing under Windows NT.  For some reason
(which you can find in the MS Knowledge Base), you can't resave exe's
after editing their resources in Windows 95.  It works great in NT though.
 I edited up quite a few dialog boxes to lock in what I want.  We're going
to let the students use Netscape for mail, so I wanted to lock their names
in so they wouldn't be doing the anonymous mail thing.

My problem now is how to make the save location default to some place
besides the Netscape program directory.  I have used Win95 policies to
hide all of the drives but a: and h: (h: being their home directory on the
network), but it always goes to the Netscape program directory first in
the common dialog for saving files.

--
David G. Risner
Network Services Administrator
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
drisner at swlaw.edu  213/738-6762





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