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Hiding a drive from a user

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rookie - member
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Some admins may want to 'hide' drives from the user. These instructions step the admin through a registry change to 'hide' drive letter "D". There's instruction on how to change other drives and multiple drives below the instruction.

1) Login as the user that your going to make this change for

2) Open the registry. In Windows XP, click Run and then type regedit and hit ENTER. In Windows Vista, type regedit into Start Search and hit ENTER.

3) Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer in the right side windows create DWORD Value by right click at the blank area New >> DWORD Value and give name NoDrives

4) Double click NoDrives, select Decimal in the Base option then give 8 for Value data then click OK. The number '8' will hide the 'D' drive.

5) Now close all applications and restart or Log Off your Windows. Now no more Drive D appear if you open Windows Explorer but it's means the Drive D not really lost.

-How do I hide other drives?
If Value for Drive :
A = 1 so,
B = A + A = 1 + 1 = 2
C = B + B = 2 + 2 = 4
D = C + C = 4 + 4 = 8
E = D + D = 8 + 8 = 16
F = E + E = 16 + 16 = 32
G = F + F = 32 + 32 = 64
and so on......

-How if I want to hide more than 1 drive, the example is Drive D and F ?
The answer is easy, just add up value D and F, like this D + F = 8 + 32 = 40

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