Internet Explorer 7, Tabbed Browsing and Group Policy

HowTo: Turn off Tabbed Browsing in IE7 while maintaining the 'Classic' shell through Group Policy.


Just two entries should manage the job:

•  User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer: Turn Off Tab Browsing: DISABLED
• User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\Desktop Themes\Load a specific visual style or force Windows Classic: ENABLED (path to visual style left blank)

While I didn't test this, I have read that the following key:

• User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer : Enable Classic Shell 

Can cause tabbed browsing to fail despite the first two settings - use RSOP to check if it's on for your users...