996 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miso1391 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 HiWindows 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:00000000the 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 onto be more clear if I want to hide all drive A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H the registry will be like thisWindows 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:00000000edit : restart explorer or computer or log off to let change take effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 whoa, very cool! thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeleeleelee Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Hi miso, Hi 996Thanks, I've now learnt this new trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord voldmort Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miso1391 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 HiThere is a free software to do this and it is only 14KB ! you can get it form Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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