Removing "Format" option from context menu (C: drive)

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Robbie

Hi

My computer has several users, each with almost unlimited access to all
features. There is one feature that I would like to disable for all but
myself (the admin) - that is the ability to access the "Format" option
for the C: drive that appears in the context menu when you right click
on the drive in "My Computer".

I found this article

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160793

which explains how to restrict access to menus, including the ability
to disable the ability to view Context Menus, including Explorer. What
I just want to do is to restrict access to the one item, the Format
option.

Is there anyway of doing this, or do I have to disable access to the
whole of the Context Menu?

Thanks

Robbie
 
Robbie said:
Hi

My computer has several users, each with almost unlimited access to all
features. There is one feature that I would like to disable for all but
myself (the admin) - that is the ability to access the "Format" option
for the C: drive that appears in the context menu when you right click
on the drive in "My Computer".

I found this article

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160793

which explains how to restrict access to menus, including the ability
to disable the ability to view Context Menus, including Explorer. What
I just want to do is to restrict access to the one item, the Format
option.

Is there anyway of doing this, or do I have to disable access to the
whole of the Context Menu?

Thanks

Robbie
Click to expand...

In addition - as I'm not happy with this "Format" option being
available at all (I have an OEM machine without a Windows CD - all
files etc are loaded on a sepreate partition on the disk, which means
if I want to re-install Windows, everything is already there), would
clicking on it and then pressing START then OK actually reformat the
drive? Or would it refuse to do it (as the drive is in use).I'm sorry I
sound a bit clueless about this, but in all honesty, I don't like this
option being there at all, and I don't want anyone's curiosity to wreck
the computer... my curiosity included I have to admit! - I really would
like to remove the option altogether if possible.

Thanks again

Robbie
 
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