Dissapearing Drives

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Ray Parrish

Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
 
Hi Ray,

Someone may have hidden the drives from Windows Explorer using a third-party tweaker or via the registry.

Download Tweak UI, install and run Tweak UI
Click the (+) sign near the My Computer section
Select Drives
Place a checkmark near the drive that you want to unhide
Click Apply, OK

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
 
Hello again,

I was looking at the "hide drives" section of FreshUI just before the
drives disappeared but I didn't tell it to hide any of them. I
downloaded and installed TweakUI and looked at it and it shows the
drives as visible.

Still no joy, the drives won't appear in My Computer.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks, Ray Parrish

Ramesh said:
Hi Ray,

Someone may have hidden the drives from Windows Explorer using a
third-party tweaker or via the registry.

Download Tweak UI, install and run Tweak UI
Click the (+) sign near the My Computer section
Select Drives
Place a checkmark near the drive that you want to unhide
Click Apply, OK

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/h8zs


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
Click to expand...
 
NoViewOnDrive:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93573.mspx?mfr=true

NoDrives:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/58871.mspx?mfr=true


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Hello again,

I was looking at the "hide drives" section of FreshUI just before the
drives disappeared but I didn't tell it to hide any of them. I
downloaded and installed TweakUI and looked at it and it shows the
drives as visible.

Still no joy, the drives won't appear in My Computer.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks, Ray Parrish

Ramesh said:
Hi Ray,

Someone may have hidden the drives from Windows Explorer using a
third-party tweaker or via the registry.

Download Tweak UI, install and run Tweak UI
Click the (+) sign near the My Computer section
Select Drives
Place a checkmark near the drive that you want to unhide
Click Apply, OK

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/h8zs


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
Click to expand...
 
Hello again,

I followed those links and created and set NoDrives = 0x00 and still no
drives appear in My Computer. Are there any other places to change a
setting that affects the visibility of the drives?

Thanks again, Ray Parrish

Ramesh said:
NoViewOnDrive:
http://tinyurl.com/2cz3pa

NoDrives:
http://tinyurl.com/37rqu9


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello again,

I was looking at the "hide drives" section of FreshUI just before the
drives disappeared but I didn't tell it to hide any of them. I
downloaded and installed TweakUI and looked at it and it shows the
drives as visible.

Still no joy, the drives won't appear in My Computer.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks, Ray Parrish

Ramesh, MS-MVP;2944068 Wrote: -
Hi Ray,

Someone may have hidden the drives from Windows Explorer using a
third-party tweaker or via the registry.

Download Tweak UI, install and run Tweak UI
Click the (+) sign near the My Computer section
Select Drives
Place a checkmark near the drive that you want to unhide
Click Apply, OK

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/h8zs


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in
My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
Click to expand...
 
Ray,

See if the "NoViewOnDrive" Policy is enabled. If so, delete the value whereever found in the registry.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Hello again,

I followed those links and created and set NoDrives = 0x00 and still no
drives appear in My Computer. Are there any other places to change a
setting that affects the visibility of the drives?

Thanks again, Ray Parrish

Ramesh said:
NoViewOnDrive:
http://tinyurl.com/2cz3pa

NoDrives:
http://tinyurl.com/37rqu9


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello again,

I was looking at the "hide drives" section of FreshUI just before the
drives disappeared but I didn't tell it to hide any of them. I
downloaded and installed TweakUI and looked at it and it shows the
drives as visible.

Still no joy, the drives won't appear in My Computer.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks, Ray Parrish

Ramesh, MS-MVP;2944068 Wrote: -
Hi Ray,

Someone may have hidden the drives from Windows Explorer using a
third-party tweaker or via the registry.

Download Tweak UI, install and run Tweak UI
Click the (+) sign near the My Computer section
Select Drives
Place a checkmark near the drive that you want to unhide
Click Apply, OK

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/h8zs


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in
My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
Click to expand...
 
Tried that, there was no setting of that type anywhere in the registry.

Thanks again, Ray Parrish

Ramesh said:
Ray,

See if the "NoViewOnDrive" Policy is enabled. If so, delete the value
whereever found in the registry.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello again,

I followed those links and created and set NoDrives = 0x00 and still
no
drives appear in My Computer. Are there any other places to change a
setting that affects the visibility of the drives?

Thanks again, Ray Parrish

Ramesh, MS-MVP;2944672 Wrote: -
NoViewOnDrive:
http://tinyurl.com/2cz3pa

NoDrives:
http://tinyurl.com/37rqu9


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello again,

I was looking at the "hide drives" section of FreshUI just before the
drives disappeared but I didn't tell it to hide any of them. I
downloaded and installed TweakUI and looked at it and it shows the
drives as visible.

Still no joy, the drives won't appear in My Computer.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks, Ray Parrish

Ramesh, MS-MVP;2944068 Wrote: -
Hi Ray,

Someone may have hidden the drives from Windows Explorer using a
third-party tweaker or via the registry.

Download Tweak UI, install and run Tweak UI
Click the (+) sign near the My Computer section
Select Drives
Place a checkmark near the drive that you want to unhide
Click Apply, OK

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://tinyurl.com/h8zs


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ray Parrish" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Hello,

For some reason all of my drive have disapeared in My Computer. Where
the drives should be is a blank white page in My Computer.

I can access the drives by selecting them off the drop down list in
My
Computer but they just don't appear where the drive list should be.

Many install program dialogs can't see the drives either and leave me
with very few selections like "My Documents" and no way to select
another drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ray Parrish
Click to expand...
 
Running out of ideas, Ray. Sorry!
May be I'll install FreshUI to see if I can replicate the problem.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Tried that, there was no setting of that type anywhere in the registry.

Thanks again, Ray Parrish
 
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