Assign User Logoff Scripts
Published: September 4, 2010
Updated: July 27, 2012
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
To assign user logoff scripts
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Open the Group Policy Management Console . Right-click the Group Policy object you want to edit, and then click Edit .
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In the console tree, click Scripts (Logon/Logoff) . The path is User Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Scripts (Logon/Logoff) .
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In the results pane, expand Logoff .
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In the Logoff Properties dialog box, click Add .
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In the Add a Script dialog box, do the following:
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In
Script Name
, type the path of the script, or click
Browse
to search for the script file in the Netlogon shared folder on the domain controller.
Warning You must enclose the script path and script name with double quotes when specifying a script name or script path that includes spaces, in order for the scripts extension to correctly run all scripts. -
In
Script Parameters
, type any parameters that you want, exactly as you would type them on the command line. For example, if your script includes parameters called //logo (display banner) and //I (interactive mode), type
//logo //I
.
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In
Script Name
, type the path of the script, or click
Browse
to search for the script file in the Netlogon shared folder on the domain controller.
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In the Logoff Properties dialog box, specify the options the you want:
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Logoff Scripts for <Group Policy object>
: Lists all the scripts that currently are assigned to the selected Group Policy object (GPO). If you assign multiple scripts, the scripts are processed in the order that you specify. To move a script up in the list, click it, and then click
Up
. To move a script down in the list, click it, and then click
Down
.
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Add
: Opens the
Add a Script
dialog box, where you can specify any additional scripts to use.
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Edit
: Opens the
Edit Script
dialog box, where you can change script information, such as name and parameters.
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Remove
: Removes the selected script from the
Logoff Scripts
list.
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Show Files
: Displays the script files that are stored in the selected GPO.
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Logoff Scripts for <Group Policy object>
: Lists all the scripts that currently are assigned to the selected Group Policy object (GPO). If you assign multiple scripts, the scripts are processed in the order that you specify. To move a script up in the list, click it, and then click
Up
. To move a script down in the list, click it, and then click
Down
.
Additional considerations
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To complete this procedure, you must have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO. By default, members of the Domain Administrators security group, the Enterprise Administrators security group, or the Group Policy Creator Owners security group have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO.
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Logoff scripts are run as User, not Administrator, and their rights are limited accordingly.
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Setting logoff scripts to run synchronously may cause the logoff process to run slowly.
