Can't hide Drive C: ...

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It is typically a simple matter to hide Windows XP hard drives by manually
applying policy to the registry, or by using the local policy editor, but I
am seeing a curious problem concerning drive C:. Oddly, I can hide any drive
except C:, which will instead shift to become the last drive displayed in
Windows Explorer rather than vanishing, as it should.

This is the method I am using: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

Has anyone seen this peculiar problem before? If so, how did you cure the
problem?

Thanks,

Vinson
 
Hello,

I tried it, and it didn't work for me with XP SP2 either. With normal XP and
Vista, it worked perfectly.
I don't know, I'm afraid, how to solve this.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
 
Thank you for confirming this problem. I am running both Windows XP Pro and
Home (SP2), and drive C: seems to be the only drive affected on both
machines. I have to wonder if some recent Microsoft patches have affected
this group policy.

Thank you for your time!

Vinson
 
you need to try the key "hidesystemdrive" you can find it in the registry
you can do it manualy or try it with a registry tweak program


success,
Gregory




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Thank you, Gregory.

I am curious about the "hidesystemdrive" setting, but I cannot find any
information about it. Would you please tell me where I can find out more
information about it, or provide the exact key where it should be placed in
the registry? Thanks!

Vinson
 
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