J
Jan
I am using Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 3.
On my computer I have two user accounts in XP - my main account
(administrator level) and a limited user account. On my main account, I've
hidden many files so that they can't be seen by someone signed into the other
user account.
I was able to completely remove the option for a user signed into that
account to Show hidden files and folders in the Folder Options. I did this by
simply going to the registry subkey at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
and setting the security permissions to Deny for that limited user account.
Now the Folder Options on that user's account don't even show them the radio
button or text for "Show hidden files and folders". They only show "Do not
show hidden files and folders" which remains checked at all times, which is
how I want it on that account.
I've also managed to take away other functions for that account using a
similar strategy of simply putting Deny permissions on various keys and
subkeys.
However, while signed into the other account, if the person uses the Search
Companion, they can simply check "Search Hidden Files and Folders" under More
Advanced Options and they can see those files and folders, which I don't want
them to be able to do. I wanted to fix this in a similar way to how I fixed
the other issues.
But, the option to Search Hidden Files and Folders (as well as the other
More Advanced Options in the Search Companion) are controlled not by a key or
a subkey but by D_Word values stored under the subkey
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer. There,
by changing the value to 0 or 1 on the D_Word values IncludeSubFolders,
SearchHidden and SearchSystemDirs, you can set the default to checked on or
off on any of those three options.
However, what I want to do is REMOVE the options entirely from the Search
Companion, not just set them to default off. But I don't see how to do it. I
can't put Deny permissions because there are no security permissions as these
are not keys or subkeys but values. No matter what value I set for any of
these D_Word's, they only at most will default the option to unchecked, but
nothing I do will seem to remove the option entirely. Even when I delete
those D_Word values entirely, it doesn't remove these More Advanced Options
from the Search Companion.
Any advice on how to tweak the registry or anything else so that other user
can't have access to Search Hidden Files and Folders?
On my computer I have two user accounts in XP - my main account
(administrator level) and a limited user account. On my main account, I've
hidden many files so that they can't be seen by someone signed into the other
user account.
I was able to completely remove the option for a user signed into that
account to Show hidden files and folders in the Folder Options. I did this by
simply going to the registry subkey at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
and setting the security permissions to Deny for that limited user account.
Now the Folder Options on that user's account don't even show them the radio
button or text for "Show hidden files and folders". They only show "Do not
show hidden files and folders" which remains checked at all times, which is
how I want it on that account.
I've also managed to take away other functions for that account using a
similar strategy of simply putting Deny permissions on various keys and
subkeys.
However, while signed into the other account, if the person uses the Search
Companion, they can simply check "Search Hidden Files and Folders" under More
Advanced Options and they can see those files and folders, which I don't want
them to be able to do. I wanted to fix this in a similar way to how I fixed
the other issues.
But, the option to Search Hidden Files and Folders (as well as the other
More Advanced Options in the Search Companion) are controlled not by a key or
a subkey but by D_Word values stored under the subkey
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer. There,
by changing the value to 0 or 1 on the D_Word values IncludeSubFolders,
SearchHidden and SearchSystemDirs, you can set the default to checked on or
off on any of those three options.
However, what I want to do is REMOVE the options entirely from the Search
Companion, not just set them to default off. But I don't see how to do it. I
can't put Deny permissions because there are no security permissions as these
are not keys or subkeys but values. No matter what value I set for any of
these D_Word's, they only at most will default the option to unchecked, but
nothing I do will seem to remove the option entirely. Even when I delete
those D_Word values entirely, it doesn't remove these More Advanced Options
from the Search Companion.
Any advice on how to tweak the registry or anything else so that other user
can't have access to Search Hidden Files and Folders?