This works with all Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/vista releases.
if you own the computer or have Administrator privileges, add/modify the “NoDrives” (don’t type the quotation marks) Binary [REG_BINARY] hex or DWORD [REG_DWORD] value under this Registry key, using Regedit:
Code:HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorerGive it a value from the list below to hide the individual drive(s) of your choice (don’t type the spaces for Binary):
Format:
Code:Drive Letter —> Binary Value —> DWORD Value
A —> 01 00 00 00 —> 00000001 B —> 02 00 00 00 —> 00000002 C —> 04 00 00 00 —> 00000004 D —> 08 00 00 00 —> 00000008 E —> 10 00 00 00 —> 00000010 F —> 20 00 00 00 —> 00000020 G —> 40 00 00 00 —> 00000040 H —> 80 00 00 00 —> 00000080 I —> 00 01 00 00 —> 00000100 J —> 00 02 00 00 —> 00000200 K —> 00 04 00 00 —> 00000400 L —> 00 08 00 00 —> 00000800 M —> 00 10 00 00 —> 00001000 N —> 00 20 00 00 —> 00002000 O —> 00 40 00 00 —> 00004000 P —> 00 80 00 00 —> 00008000 Q —> 00 00 01 00 —> 00010000 R —> 00 00 02 00 —> 00020000 S —> 00 00 04 00 —> 00040000 T —> 00 00 08 00 —> 00080000 U —> 00 00 10 00 —> 00100000 V —> 00 00 20 00 —> 00200000 W —> 00 00 40 00 —> 00400000 X —> 00 00 80 00 —> 00800000 Y —> 00 00 00 01 —> 01000000 Z —> 00 00 00 02 —> 02000000
Example:
Code:To hide drives D, E, Y and Z give “NoDrives” this Binary value:
18 00 00 03
Where: D + E = 18 and Y + Z = 03 (cumulative values).
NOTE: These numbers are in HEXadecimal. Example: to hide drives A, B, C and D, use 0F, NOT 15, when cumulating multiple drives.
Show all drives (A to Z) “NoDrives” Binary value:
00 00 00 00
Hide all drives (A to Z) “NoDrives” Binary value:
ff ff ff 03You can also do this by using TweakUI, one of the Microsoft Power Toys for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME + MS IE 4/5/6 [110 KB, free, unsupported].Use TweakUI with caution,ONLY AFTER BACKING UP YOUR REGISTRY!
Open Control Panel -> TweakUI -> My Computer tab -> check to show or uncheck to hide the desired drive boxes -> click OK/Apply.Windows default is to show ALL local and remote (network) drives: A to Z.
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