Hide Drives in My Computer
This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.
Just you need some knowledge of Registry...
step 1:
Open your registry
start -> run command -> regedit (registry editor will get opened if priveleges set for current user)
step 2:
Create a REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) "NoDrives" under following key(s) :
for current user: (will hide drive for only current user)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
for machine: (will hide drive for system)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
The "NoDrives" value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive visibility for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z.
If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):
A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863
For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 8 (D) + 16 (E) which means the value should be set to "24".
To disable all the drives set the value to "67108863".
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
Note: These drives will still appear in File Manager, to remove File Manager, delete or rename winfile.exe.
To hide drive A: and D: it will look like this:
WARNING & DISCLAIMER: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall the operating system to correct them.
