President / Owner CARDA Consultants Inc.

Daniel Pineault

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@Kimputer: not quite. It depends, what drive type you have in front of you. Removable drives (like usb sticks or external hard drives) may be formatted by any user. Only fixed drives require admin permissions. To make this even worse: some fixed drives are incorrectly detected as removable due to bugs in the controller drivers.<br />
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@Daniel: what drive type are you trying to protect?
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@Kimputer: not quite. It depends, what drive type you have in front of you. Removable drives (like usb sticks or external hard drives) may be formatted by any user. Only fixed drives require admin permissions. To make this even worse: some fixed drives are incorrectly detected as removable due to bugs in the controller drivers.

@Daniel: what drive type are you trying to protect?

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It's an SSD on an Asus ZenBook.
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Thank you both. &nbsp;The UI worries me, but now I have peace of mind.
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Thank you both.  The UI worries me, but now I have peace of mind.

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How can I disable or Hide altogether Window Explorer - Manage - Drive Tools, or at the very least the Format Option for Standard Users. &nbsp;I have no issue with it appearing for Admins, but why would MS make that display for Standard User accounts?!
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How can I disable or Hide altogether Window Explorer - Manage - Drive Tools, or at the very least the Format Option for Standard Users.  I have no issue with it appearing for Admins, but why would MS make that display for Standard User accounts?!

Hide/Disable Windows 10 Drive Tools

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Windows 10

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