Hiding drives in Explorer

[Brian W]

Is there a way to stop a certain drive letter from showing up in Windows
Explorer? The old Tweak XP could hide drive letters, is there a registry
change that can do similar in Vista?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

You don't say what version of Vista you have. If you have the Group Policy
Editor on your machine (Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can hide drives
under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified drives on
My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

 

[Brian W]

Thanks for the link. I have Vista Ultimate and looked at the group policy
for this. Unfortunately it won't hide the drives I want to hide, which are
USB flash devices.

You don't say what version of Vista you have. If you have the Group
Policy Editor on your machine (Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can hide
drives under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified drives
on My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Is there a way to stop a certain drive letter from showing up in Windows
Explorer? The old Tweak XP could hide drive letters, is there a registry
change that can do similar in Vista?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Brian W]

I couldn't get this to work. I want to hide the Y: drive (from a USB flash
device).

You don't say what version of Vista you have. If you have the Group
Policy Editor on your machine (Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can hide
drives under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified drives
on My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Is there a way to stop a certain drive letter from showing up in Windows
Explorer? The old Tweak XP could hide drive letters, is there a registry
change that can do similar in Vista?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ITinerant]

If you have the Group Policy Editor on your machine
(Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can hide drives under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows
Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified
drives on My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Thanks for this nugget. That's why I keep reading these NG's.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Hmm... I was able to hide my USB drive just fine.

To hide drive Y, either of these should work:

REG_DWORD 01000000

REG_BINARY 00 00 00 01

You might need to log off & back on so explorer refreshes its settings.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I couldn't get this to work. I want to hide the Y: drive (from a USB flash
device).

You don't say what version of Vista you have. If you have the Group
Policy Editor on your machine (Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can hide
drives under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified drives
on My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Is there a way to stop a certain drive letter from showing up in Windows
Explorer? The old Tweak XP could hide drive letters, is there a registry
change that can do similar in Vista?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Brian W]

Thanks, I got it sorted! I didn't type the codes correctly.

Hmm... I was able to hide my USB drive just fine.

To hide drive Y, either of these should work:

REG_DWORD 01000000

REG_BINARY 00 00 00 01

You might need to log off & back on so explorer refreshes its settings.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I couldn't get this to work. I want to hide the Y: drive (from a USB flash
device).

You don't say what version of Vista you have. If you have the Group
Policy Editor on your machine (Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can hide
drives under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified
drives on My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Is there a way to stop a certain drive letter from showing up in
Windows Explorer? The old Tweak XP could hide drive letters, is there a
registry change that can do similar in Vista?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

You're welcome. Glad you've got what you want.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Thanks, I got it sorted! I didn't type the codes correctly.

Hmm... I was able to hide my USB drive just fine.

To hide drive Y, either of these should work:

REG_DWORD 01000000

REG_BINARY 00 00 00 01

You might need to log off & back on so explorer refreshes its settings.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I couldn't get this to work. I want to hide the Y: drive (from a USB
flash device).


You don't say what version of Vista you have. If you have the Group
Policy Editor on your machine (Start Search -> gpedit.msc), you can
hide drives under:

User Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows
Explorer

In the right-hand pane, the setting is named "Hide these specified
drives on My Computer"

If not, the manual registry edit described here will still work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Is there a way to stop a certain drive letter from showing up in
Windows Explorer? The old Tweak XP could hide drive letters, is there
a registry change that can do similar in Vista?

Thanks in advance!