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<p>If you have the need to disable Internet Explorer welcome Page for All users here&#8217;s how you can do it:</p>
<p>It can be done on a local machine using registry or Group Policy for wider distribution.</p>
<p>Open <strong>regedit</strong> from the Run prompt and navigate to the following section:</p>
<p><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software | Policies | Microsoft</strong></p>
<p>Create <strong>Internet Explorer</strong> folder and under it Create <strong>Main</strong> folder.</p>
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<p>You should have this path now:</p>
<p><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software | Policies | Microsoft | Internet Explorer | Main</strong></p>
<p>Now, create a new <strong>REG_DWORD</strong> with the following name: <strong>DisableFirstRunCustomize</strong></p>
<p>Set<strong> </strong>its value to <strong>1</strong></p>
<p>Close the registry editor.</p>
<p>You can also download registry file that can do this for you from <a href="forum/files/file/17-disable-ie-welcome-screen-registry-key/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>Now, I will explain how this can be achieved using Group Policy:</p>
<p>Open Group Policy management on your Domain Controller and create a new GPO and link it to appropriate container.</p>
<p>Navigate to:</p>
<p><strong>Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Internet Explorer</strong></p>
<p>In the right pane double-click on <strong>Prevent performance of First Run Customize Settings</strong></p>
<p>Set it to <strong>Enabled</strong>, and select the option to go <strong>directly to homepage</strong> option.</p>
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<p>Hit OK and GPO editor.</p>
<p>On the client machine run <strong>gpupdate /force</strong> to apply this policy setting.</p>
<p>This method is valid for Internet Explorer 7 and up.</p>