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HOW TO set NAV Service Startup Type via PowerShell

When you create a new Instance using the command New-NAVServerInstance it will set the Startup Type of the NAV Service as “Automatic” by default.

I haven’t found any NAV command to change it, so let us think about NAV Service as any other Windows Service.

In PowerShell there is a command Set-Service that allows to change an existing Service.

NAV Service names have the following format

MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer$<ServerInstance>

where <ServerInstance> is the name of the NAV Instance

So running the following command we can change the Startup Type to Automatic, Manual or Disabled.
[sourcecode lang=”powershell”]Set-Service –Name "MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer`$DynamicsNAV100" –StartupType Manual[/sourcecode]
This example will set the NAV Service for the Server Instance DynamicsNAV100 to Manual.

Unfortunately -StartupType parameter does not have a value for Automatic (Delayed Start)

So it seams a bit tricky but just looking into the register I’ve noted that the other services that had Automatic (Delayed Start) as Startup Type have a REG_DWORD value called “DelayedAutoStart” with value 1 under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\

So the idea is use the previous command to set the Startup Type to Automatic then add REG_DWORD via script
[sourcecode lang=”powershell”]Set-Service –Name "MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer`$DynamicsNAV100" –StartupType Automatic
Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer`$DynamicsNAV100" -Name "DelayedAutostart" -Value 1 -Type DWORD[/sourcecode]

In reality we could setup everything from the registry
[sourcecode lang=”powershell”]Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer`$DynamicsNAV100" -Name "Start" -Value 2 -Type DWORD
Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer`$DynamicsNAV100" -Name "DelayedAutostart" -Value 1 -Type DWORD[/sourcecode]

NOTE 1: Both scripts will work only if the current Startup Type is different of Automatic
NOTE 2: “DelayedAutostart” DWORD will have effect only if you setup the Service Type as Automatic.

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HOW TO display the Menu bar in Windows Internet Explorer (IE)

Since Windows Internet Explorer 7 the menu bar is hidden by default, to display it you can press Alt.

If you’d like it to be always displayed follow these simple steps:

Launch IE
press Alt to display the menu bar
click View -> Toolbars
check Menu bar
check Lock the bars if you want lock the displayed bars

With the same steps you can display/hide different bars: Favorites bar, Command bar and Status bar.

For Systems Engineers:

It’s possible enable/disable the menu bar setting Local Computer Policy.
Run gpedit.msc and expand
Computer Configuration node to set the Policy for all users that use the computer
or
User Configuration node to set the Policy only for current user
Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer
Double-click
or
Right-click and select Edit
on Turn on menu bar by default, choose
Enabled to enable always displayed menu bar
or
Disabled/Not Configured to disable always displayed menu bar
then click OK.

For Network Administrators:

You can set the policy as above using Group Policy Management
Run gpmc.msc in the Domain Controller (DC) and
Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here…
or
select an existing Group Policy Object (GPO), right-click and select Edit
in your
Forest
or
Organization Unit (Domain)
or
Site.

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