Preferences and policies for the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows
Set preferences and policies to control how users interact with the IBM® Connections Desktop plug-in for Microsoft Windows.
The following table shows preference and policy settings that control the behavior of the IBM Connections Desktop plug-in for Microsoft Windows. These registry values are not created during installation. You must create the keys/values as needed. If a key/value does not exist, the appropriate default is assumed. Setting values to anything other than the values listed in the table produces unpredictable results.
Key/SubKey:
(HKLM/SOFTWARE/IBM) or (HKLM/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/IBM on 64-bit) |
Name (Type = String) | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Social Connectors/Settings |
Hide ShellExt |
0 – Display Context Menu (Default) 1 – Do not display Context Menu |
Controls the default visibility preference of the Windows Explorer context menu extension. Setting this value overrides a user preference if the policy is also set to Disable (value = 1) |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Hide ShellExt Policy |
0 – Enable Preference (Default) 1 – Disable Preference |
Controls whether users can modify the preferences value. |
HKCU/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/
CurrentVersion/Explorer/ HideDesktopIcons/ClassicStartMenu |
32-bit OS {A0D85EDF-50B5-4B12-9D74-0D69E6729A11} 64-bit OS {21034BDC-B57E-400b-A5D5-2B1E98502805} Type = DWORD |
0 – Show (Default) 1 – Hide |
Controls hiding of the Desktop Icon when using the classic Start Menu. This must be set per user (HKCU). |
HKCU/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/
Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/ HideDesktopIcons/NewStartPanel |
32-bit OS {A0D85EDF-50B5-4B12-9D74-0D69E6729A11} 64-bit OS {21034BDC-B57E-400b-A5D5-2B1E98502805} Type = DWORD |
0 – Show (Default) 1 – Hide |
Controls hiding of the Desktop Icon when using the default Start Menu. This must be set per user (HKCU). |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Hide Desktop Icon Policy |
0 – Enable Preference (Default) 1 – Disable Preference |
Controls whether users can modify the value via the General tab of the Preferences dialog. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
SendLink MailApp |
mailto – Use mailto: protocol <MAPI program> - Registered name of email program Example: IBM Notes |
Sets the default email application in the General tab of the Preferences dialog. If set to mailto the mailto: protocol is used instead of MAPI. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
UnpublishedPrompt |
0 – Do not display prompt 1 – Display prompt (Default) |
Controls the default setting of the unpublished draft warning. Setting this value will override the user's preference if the policy is also set to Disabled. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
UnpublishedPrompt Policy |
0 – Allow Hiding (Default) 1 – Disable Hiding |
Controls whether end users can elect to hide the unpublished draft warning. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
ShowInfoBubbles |
0 – Do not show Alerts 1 – Show Alerts (Default) |
Controls the default setting for alerting that local drafts need to be saved. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
ShowInfoBubbles Policy |
0 – Enable Preference (Default) 1 – Disable Preference |
Controls whether users can change the ShowInfoBubbles preference. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
MonitorWarnOnClose |
0 – Do not warn on close 1 – Warn on close (Default) |
Controls display of warning message when drafts monitor is closed. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
MonitorWarnOnClose Policy |
0 – Enable Preference (Default) 1 – Disable Preference |
Controls whether warning dialog can be suppressed by users. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
EnableCacheCleanup |
0 – Disable Cache Cleanup (Default) 1 – Enable Cache Cleanup |
Default setting for enabling/disabling cache cleanup. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
EnableCacheCleanup Policy |
0 – Enable Preferences (Default) 1 – Disable Preferences |
Controls whether users can change any of the Cache settings. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
CacheAge |
<days> - number of days Min – 1 (Default) Max – 100 |
Files not accessed within the specified number of days will be deleted. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
CacheFrequency |
<minutes> - number of minutes Min – 5 Max – 1,440 Default –120 |
How often to check temporary files in minutes. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
ScanIgnoreExtensions |
<Comma separated extensions> |
List of extensions to ignore changes on. This list will be merged with any user preferences unless the policy is set to Disable. Example: gif, jpeg, mpg Note: Changing this setting requires that you restart your computer for
the changes to take effect.
|
Social Connectors/Settings |
ScanIgnoreExtensions Policy |
0 – Enable Preference (Default) 1 – Disable Preference |
Setting the policy to disable will prevent users from adding file extensions to the ignore list. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Password Save Policy |
0 – Allow Saving (Default) 1 – Do not Allow Saving |
Controls whether users can persist passwords locally. Passwords are stored in the Windows Credential Store. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Default Auth Type |
0 – Basic Authentication (Default) 1 – Custom |
Controls the default authentication type in the Add Site dialog. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Default Auth Type Policy |
0 – Enable Authentication dropdown (default) 1 – Disable Authentication dropdown |
Setting the policy to disable will prevent users from selecting and changing the authentication type in the Add Site dialog. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Default Auth Ext |
When 'Default Auth Type' is set to custom, this setting controls which custom extension is used designated by GUID {864B3A20-AC5D-4109-A55F-A1BD2FA6BDE9} – IBM Connections Cloud {EA483EAD-9E64-4ECC-BDDD-BF8B1D72A1C6} – Siteminder {4B9448AB-DF3D-4859-A3CA-365389096497} – SPNEGO {B5BAD66C-CF6F-4FA5-9BC7-EF36C76D331A} – TAM {FB5CF435-95ED-4FE6-BB7D-95F82DB65C5C} – TAM+SPNEGO {CCD9158D-BCD9-4DCD-81B2-48E21D670F5C} – SiteMinder+SPNEGO |
Controls which custom authentication module
will display by default. For example, to use Tivoli Access Manger
authentication, set this to {B5BAD66C-CF6F-4FA5-9BC7-EF36C76D331A}
and then set Default Auth Type to Custom. If this preference is not configured there is no default. |
Social Connectors |
BasicAuthEncoding (Type is DWORD) |
28591 - (ISO8895-1) (Default) 65001 - (UTF8) |
Select encoding type for credentials when using basic authentication. |
Social Connectors |
LFFilesRoot |
<path to existing directory> %HOMEPATH%\ LFFiles (Default) |
Default root directory for downloaded files. This must be set to a non-shared local directory on the client system. Once set, it only affects newly added servers, communities, or people. Make sure you designate a valid URL. For example, do not specify a path to a removable device. Test the path to make sure it is accessible for your users. Note: Changing this setting requires that you
restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
|
Social Connectors/Settings |
Enable Metrics |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Disable Metrics Support (Default) 1 – Enable Metrics Support |
When support is enabled for metrics, usage data about certain operations is gathered from the client. Operations such as displaying a View, for example, the "My Files" view, provides metrics that display in the IBM Connections server metrics reports. Note: Metrics are not available for Connections Cloud.
|
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Activities |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Enable Activities (Default) 1 – Disable Activities |
Setting this value to 1 hides all of the user interface options related to the Activities feature, such as Add to Activities. This setting affects the Explorer, Office, and Outlook plug-ins. You might use this setting if you have no sites available that support Activities. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Blogs |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Enable Blogs (Default) 1 – Disable Blogs |
Setting this value to 1 hides all of the user interface options related to the Blogs feature, such as Add to Blogs. Menu items and ribbon controls will be hidden. This setting affects the Explorer, Office, and Outlook plug-ins You might use this setting if you have no Sites available that support Blogs. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Bookmarks |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Enable Bookmarks (Default) 1 – Disable Bookmarks |
Setting this value to 1 hides all of the user interface options related to the Bookmarks feature, such as Insert Bookmark. Menu items and ribbon controls are hidden. This setting affects the Explorer, Office, and Outlook plug-ins You might use this setting if you have no Sites available that support Bookmarks. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Profiles |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Enable Profiles (Default) 1 – Disable Profiles |
Setting this value to 1 disables all of the user interface options related to the Profiles feature, such as Invite to my network. Menu items and ribbon controls are visible but disabled. This setting affects the Explorer, Office, and Outlook plug-ins. You might use this setting if you have no Sites available that support Profiles. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Wikis |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Enable Wikis (Default) 1 – Disable Wikis |
Setting this value to 1 hides all of the user interface options related to the Wikis feature, such as Add to Wikis. Menu items and ribbon controls are hidden. This setting affects the Explorer, Office, and Outlook plug-ins. You might use this setting if you have no Sites available that support Wikis. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Search |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 – Enable Search (Default) 1 – Disable Search |
Setting this value to 1 hides all of the user interface options related to the Search feature. Menu items and ribbon controls are hidden. This setting affects the Explorer, Office, and Outlook plug-ins You might use this setting if you have no Search service available. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Community Bookmarks |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = community bookmarks enabled, allows adding bookmarks to community bookmarks (Default) 1 = community bookmarks disabled, prohibits adding bookmarks to community bookmarks. |
Setting this value to 1 hides all of the user interface options related to the Community bookmarks feature. Menu items and ribbon controls are hidden. This setting affects the Office plug-ins. You might use this setting if you have no Communities support or no Community Bookmarks support. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Groups |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = groups enabled, allows sharing with Groups where appropriate in sharing dialogs (Default) 1 = groups disabled, will disable sharing with groups where appropriate in sharing dialogs |
This setting disables the ability for users to share with groups. This corresponds to the server policy. There is no "Disable Groups Policy" setting. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Disable Public Sharing |
String Default – null (not in registry) Default behavior is enabled for public sharing 0 = public sharing enabled, will allow sharing with Everyone (Public) or Everyone in Organization (for Connections Cloud) where appropriate in sharing dialogs (Default) 1 = public sharing disabled, disables sharing with Everyone (Public) or Everyone in Organization (for Connections Cloud) where appropriate in sharing dialogs |
This setting disables the ability for users to share with Everyone (Public) for Connections, or with Everyone in Organization for Connection Cloud. There is no "Disable Public Sharing Policy.” |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Sharing Intent |
String Default – null (not in registry) Default behavior is Sharing Intent enabled 0 = sharing intent setting is not checked 1 = sharing intent setting is checked (Default) |
This setting sets the default value for the sharing intent setting on new file and new folder dialogs. This setting also applies when you create a Sync folder. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Sharing Intent Policy |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = user can change the sharing intent setting (Default) 1 = user cannot change the sharing intent setting |
This setting controls whether the user can change the default value for the sharing intent setting on new file and new folder dialogs, including the dialog for creating a My File Sync folder. If the policy is set, the user cannot change the setting. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Sharing Propagation |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = sharing propagation setting is not checked 1 = sharing propagation setting is checked (Default) |
This setting sets the default value for the sharing propagation setting on new file and new folder and sharing dialogs. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Sharing Propagation Policy |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = user can change the sharing propagation setting (Default) 1 = user cannot change the sharing propagation setting |
This setting controls whether the user can change the default value for the sharing propagation setting on new file and new folder and sharing dialogs. If the policy is set, the user cannot change the setting. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Encrypt |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = Encrypt option is not checked (Default) 1 = Encrypt option is checked |
This setting sets the default value for the Encryption setting on New File dialogs and the dialog for creating a Sync folder. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Encrypt Policy |
String Default – null (not in registry) 0 = user can change the Encryption setting (Default) 1 = user cannot change the Encryption setting |
This setting controls whether the user can change the default value for the Encryption setting on New File dialogs and the dialog for creating a Sync folder. If the policy is set, the user cannot change the setting. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
DefaultConnectURL |
<server url> |
Enter the URL to use as the default site URL in the Connect to a Site dialog. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
DefaultConnectName |
<server display name> |
This display name is the default server display name in the Connect to a Site dialog. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
Help URL |
https://apps.na.collabserv.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.imb.msplugin.doc/c_files_window_install_ovr.html
(Default)
Note: “http://” or “https://”
is required as part of the url
|
The url for help for the entire product. |
Social Connectors/Settings |
HelpConnectURL |
https://apps.na.collabserv.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.imb.msplugin.doc/c_files_window_install_ovr.html
(Default)
Note: “http://” or “https://” is
required as part of the url
|
The URL for help on the Connect to Site dialog. This setting overrides the setting for HelpURL |
Social Connectors\Settings |
DefaultConnectURL |
String Default - null |
The URL that shows by default in the Connect to Site dialog for a new server. |
Social Connectors\Settings |
DefaultConnectName |
String Default - null |
The name that will show by default in the Connect to Site dialog for a new server |
Social Connectors\Settings |
DarkDeployment |
0 – Disables Features (default) 1 – Enable Features |
Dark Deployment are features that are beta ready. When this preference is enabled, users can check the Enable Beta Features option on the Preferences panel to access preview features. |
Social Connectors\Settings |
DarkDeployment Policy |
Default - null (not in registry) 0 = user can change the DarkDeployment setting 1 = user cannot change the DarkDeployment setting |
Controls whether users can change the Enable Beta Features setting in General Preferences. |
Social Connectors\Settings |
Hide AddTo Group |
String Default - null 0 = Add To group displays in Office ribbon 1 = Add To group does not display in Office ribbon |
If set to 1, the Add To group in the Office ribbon is hidden. The default behavior is to show the Add To group. |
The following table shows preference and policy settings that control the behavior of community libraries. These registry values are not created during installation. You must create the keys/values as needed. If a key/value does not exist, the appropriate default is assumed. Setting values to anything other than the values listed in the table produces unpredictable results.
| Key/SubKey (HKLM/SOFTWARE/IBM) or (HKLM/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/IBM on 64-bit) | Name (Type = String) | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Social Connectors\Settings\Libraries |
AddDocument |
Default – null (not in registry) 0 = Always check in documents 1 = Always add as private drafts 2 = Prompt me (Default) |
This setting defines the default behavior of the plug-in when the user adds a document to a Library. The default behavior is to prompt the user to choose the action. Overrides user preference if policy is also set. |
Social Connectors\Settings\Libraries |
AddDocument Policy |
Default – null (not in registry) 0 = user can change the AddDocument setting (Default) 1 = user cannot change the AddDocument setting |
Controls whether users can modify the AddDocument setting. |
Social Connectors\Settings\Libraries |
DoubleClick |
Default – null (not in registry) 0 = Always check out 1 = Always open without check out 2 = Prompt me (Default) |
This setting defines the default behavior of the plug-in when the user double-clicks a document in a library. Overrides user preference if policy is also set. |
Social Connectors\Settings\Libraries |
DoubleClick Policy |
Default – null (not in registry) 0 = user can change the DoubleClick setting (Default) 1 = user cannot change the DoubleClick setting |
Controls whether users can change the DoubleClick setting. |
Social Document Management\Desktop Integration |
CCMLibrariesRoot |
<path to existing directory> |
Default root directory for downloaded library files. This must be set to a non-shared local directory on the client system. Once set, it only affects newly added servers, communities, or people. Make sure you designate a valid URL. For example, do not specify a path to a removable device. Test the path to make sure it is accessible for your users. Note: Changing this setting requires
that you restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
|
| Key/SubKey (HKLM/SOFTWARE/IBM) or (HKLM/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/IBM on 64-bit) | Name (Type = String) | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
MaxFriends |
<friends> - number of friends Min – 100 Max – 9999 Default - 500 |
Maximum number of friends that can be downloaded from the user's network to create outlook contacts. Values that are entered are rounded up to the next 100. For example, 111 would be treated as 200. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
MaxNews |
<items> - number of news items Min – 100 Max – 9999 Default - 500 |
Maximum number of activities that are downloaded from the news feed and stored in the outlook cache via OSC framework. Values that are entered are rounded up to the next 100. For example, 111 would be treated as 200. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
DaysSince |
Min – 1 Max – 14599 (year 1970) Default - 14 |
When you receive news activities, this setting specifies how many days to go back in time from the current day. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
HashedSearchParm |
hashEmail |
The name of the property in a users profile to compare with the HashEmail. Can be used to test hash email lookup is working when server cannot be configured |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
HashFunction |
Default – SHA1 Other values are MD5 or CRC32MD5 |
The hash algorithm that is used to compare the email addresses. This value is passed to Outlook and it returns a hashed value of the email address using this type. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
EnableDynamicActivities |
0 – Disable DynActivities (Default) 1 – Enable DynActivities |
Enable getting dynamic news items for users. This setting requires that the server be configured to handle the Hashed SearchParam |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
EnableDynamicContacts |
0 – Disable DynContacts (Default) 1 – Enable DynContacts |
Enable getting dynamic contacts. This setting requires that the server be configured to handle the Hashed SearchParam |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
EnableContacts |
0 – Disable Contacts (Default) 1 – Enable Contacts |
Get contacts for Profiles Network and create Outlook contacts |
| Key/SubKey (HKLM/SOFTWARE/IBM) or (HKLM/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/IBM on 64-bit) | Name (Type = String) | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
MaxFriends |
<friends> - number of friends Min – 100 Max – 9999 Default - 500 |
Maximum number of friends that can be downloaded from the user's network to create outlook contacts. Values that are entered are rounded up to the next 100. For example, 111 would be treated as 200. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
MaxNews |
<items> - number of news items Min – 100 Max – 9999 Default - 500 |
Maximum number of activities that are downloaded from the news feed. These are stored in the outlook cache via OSC framework. Values that are entered are rounded up to the next 100. For example, 111 would be treated as 200. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
DaysSince |
Min – 1 Max – 14599 (year 1970) Default - 14 |
When you subscribe to news activities, this setting specifies how many days to go back in time from the current day. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
HashedSearchParm |
Default - hashEmail |
The name of the property in a users profile to compare with the HashEmail. Can be used to test hash email lookup is working when server cannot be configured. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
HashFunction |
Default – SHA1 Other values are MD5 or CRC32MD5 |
The hash algorithm that is used to compare the email addresses. This value is passed to Outlook and it returns a hashed value of the email address using this type. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
EnableDynamicActivities |
0 – Disable DynActivities (Default) 1 – Enable DynActivities |
Enable getting dynamic news items for users. This setting requires that the server be configured to handle the Hashed SearchParam. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
EnableDynamicContacts |
0 – Disable DynContacts (Default) 1 – Enable DynContacts |
Enable getting dynamic contacts. This setting requires that the server be configured to handle the Hashed SearchParam. |
Social Connectors/Office/OSC |
EnableContacts |
0 – Disable Contacts 1 – Enable Contacts (Default) |
Get contacts for Profiles Network and create Outlook contacts. |