Users Guide

Appendix: Using the Dell Rugged Control
Center Group Policy Function
Profiles, icons, and files
Based on Registry, detailed settings for each feature is designated by the file it_admin_profile.json except for keyboard
backlight and Stealth Mode.
Follow these steps to create and distribute it_admin_profile.json:
1. Start the Dell Rugged Control Center application with the following command from the command line: RuggedControlCenterUI
admin. On any computer, edit icons or settings as desired. Exit the application using the application systray icon and choosing Exit.
This creates the file dist_profile.json in the install directory. The path of the administrator user profile is: C:\Users\<user>
\AppData\Local\Packages\DellInc.DellRuggedControlCenter_htrsf667h5kn2\LocalCache\Roaming\Dell
\RCC .
2. Rename dist_profile.json to it_admin_profile.json. This is the file that will be distributed remotely to the install directory (C:\Users
\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\DellInc.DellRuggedControlCenter_htrsf667h5kn2\LocalCache
\Roaming\Dell\RCC).
3. If there are customized open App/items added by “Browser” and the target is a file:
a. Edit target file path in profile (FilePath), and make sure these are same files with absolutely the same path and name on all target
machines. Or the admin should distribute corresponding files to target machines. Any folder is OK as long as it can be accessed by
a user. For example:
• C:\RCC\RCC Refactor.pptx
• C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Rugged Control Center\RCC Refactor.pptx
• C:\ProgramData\Dell\Dell Rugged Control Center\RCC Refactor.pptx
b. Edit icon path in profile (IconPath) and distribute corresponding icon files to all target machines with the same path and name. Any
folder is OK as long as it can be accessed by a user. For example:
• C:\Program Files\Dell\Rugged Control Center\Images\e2899436-3e78-4e5e-b0af-e41eca0d657f.ico
• C:\ProgramData\Dell\Dell Rugged Control Center\Images\e2899436-3e78-4e5e-b0af-e41eca0d657f.ico
Sample of customized open App/item in user profile (Note: please input double “\” as path separator):
{"Name":"RCC Refactor.pptx","UniqueID":"e2899436-3e78-4e5e-b0af-
e41eca0d657f","FilePath":"C:\\Leo\\RCC\\RCC Refactor.pptx","IconPath":"C:\\Users\
\chao_liu5\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dell\\RCC\\Images\\e2899436-3e78-4e5e-b0af-e41eca0d657f.ico"}
4. Distribute it_admin_profile.json to all target machines into the following folder and keep its name: C:\Program Files\Dell\Rugged
Control Center\it_admin_profile.json
5. Distribute all target files and icon files according to the changes made in it_admin_profile.json
Available candidate items according to limit
If a certain feature is limited by the admin, it does not mean all candidate items will be replaced by the admin’s settings because some
items are shared between several features, such as URL, key macro, and open app/items.
Table 7. Candidate items
Candidate items User items only Admin items only User and admin items
URL None of the following features
are limited by the administrator:
• Quick launches
• Programmable buttons
All of the following features are
limited by the administrator:
• Quick launches
• Programmable buttons
Not all of the following features
are limited by the administrator:
• Quick launches
• Programmable buttons
A
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