Can I Hide Drives From Explorer/my Computer

[996]

Is this possible?

I want lets say drive E: to be hidden (invisible) from Explorer and My Computer yet I do want to access that drive via the command line or from a batch file?

How could this be done?

[miso1391]

Hi

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; to hide drive for current user

;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

;to hide drive for all user

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoDrives"=dword:00000000

the dword value will be in HEX i.e.

               

DRIVE  A=1        (2^0)

DRIVE  B=2        (2^ 1)   

DRIVE  C=4        (2^ 2)

DRIVE  D=8        (2^ 3)

DRIVE  E=10       (2^ 4)

DRIVE  F=20       (2^ 5)

DRIVE  G=40      (2^ 6)

DRIVE  H=80      (2^ 7)

i.e. if you want to hide drive E the dword value will be (dword:00000010)

and if you want to hide drive G & drive C dword value will be (4+40) that mean (dword:00000044) and so on

to be more clear if I want to hide all drive A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H the registry will be like this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoDrives"=dword:000000ff

* to show all drive dword:00000000

edit : restart explorer or computer or log off to let change take effect

[996]

whoa, very cool! thanx!

[leeleeleelee]

Hi miso, Hi 996

Thanks, I've now learnt this new trick.

[lord voldmort]

Yes ! you can use Registry trick and make them Hidden.

but you can use some Tweaking softwars to do that easly and with no registry problems !

I think Tweak XP Pro 3.00 is the best !

you can download the 30 days Trial version from here

[miso1391]

Hi

There is a free software to do this and it is only 14KB ! you can get it form Here