MAPPED DRIVES: Invisible but Accessible... Possible?
Dennis Capulong
Have you experienced hiding mapped network drives?
I have a script running during logon that some of my network drives are
automatically mapped to the users.
Now, I'm planning to hide the mapped drives or should I say making the
mapped drives "invisible" in order for the users not to access it in "My
Computer" or "Windows Explorer" though I have set the access rights of each
user on my network...
Any comments?
Thanks in advance.
Dennis
Ciprian Lozonschi
This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.
Open your registry and find or create the key below.
The "NoDrives" value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive
visibility for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the
32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z. Drives are visible when set
to 0 and hidden when set to 1.
If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the
drive(s):
A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024,
L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144,
T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z:
33554432, ALL: 67108863
For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which
means the value should be set to "9".
To disable all the drives set the value to "67108863".
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
| Settings: |
| User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Name: NoDrives Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) |
Ciprian Ionuţ Lozonschi
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Tim
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
when the user log's on?
If I use the key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
administrators that may need access to the hidden drive?
Any suggestions here
Thanks in Advance
Tim
"Dennis Capulong" wrote:
> Thanks for your info... I'll keep in touch with you if ever I experience any problem with this one...
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
> "Ciprian Lozonschi" <lozo...@home.ro> wrote in message news:u7lEnUH...@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hide Drives in My Computer (All Windows)
>
> This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.
>
> Open your registry and find or create the key below.
>
> The "NoDrives" value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive visibility for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z. Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1.
>
> If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):
>
> A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863
>
> For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value should be set to "9".
>
> To disable all the drives set the value to "67108863".
>
> Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
>
> Settings:
> User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
> System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
> Name: NoDrives
> Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
>
>
>
> Ciprian Ionut Lozonschi