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Local Group Policy to hide drives from Explore
I have Windows XP computers that are not part of a domain so I use local group policy to hide the C: drive from My Computer. User Configuration/Administrati
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They do need to right click in at least one application so hopefully there is another option
First one might be enough then.....
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I didn't see the first one but I am wating to hear if that will work for the users.
I am still wondering if there is a policy to remove it from the Explore. It seems odd that I can do it in My Comptuer and not in Explore. It almost sounds like the orginal setting I set should hide from both here is the explination "Removes the icons representing selected hard drives from My Computer and Windows Explorer. Also, the drive letters representing the selected drives do not appear in the standard Open dialog box."
It says My Comptuer and Windows Explorer. Is the Explore not Windows Explorer?
I am still wondering if there is a policy to remove it from the Explore. It seems odd that I can do it in My Comptuer and not in Explore. It almost sounds like the orginal setting I set should hide from both here is the explination "Removes the icons representing selected hard drives from My Computer and Windows Explorer. Also, the drive letters representing the selected drives do not appear in the standard Open dialog box."
It says My Comptuer and Windows Explorer. Is the Explore not Windows Explorer?
Yes it is. My experience with that policy is that it is flaky at best..... Especially when an app uses thier own Common Dialog....
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc960644.aspx
For the WHOLE System, not just the Taskbar....