How to "unhide" or display my local drive/

[Guest]

I just read a post for a user about unhiding C or local drives. I have a
similar situation. I replaced a lab manager at a local community college and
it was obvious to me he did registry edits to hide the local drives. I do see
in the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
that he has named a binary called "NoDrives". How do I un do that? Do I just
"delete" that entry called "NoDrives". Tweak UI does nothing after I install
it... I don't get any prompts to do anything.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Tony,

Delete the "NoDrives" value
-or-
Set it to 00 00 00 00

To launch TweakUI, type in Start/Run:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\TweakUI.exe

Or you may use the shortcut in Start Menu Programs.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Guest]

Administrators may use the NODRIVES entry to disable access to floppy drives
on a per-user basis. The NODRIVES entry 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.
Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1. The below info
may give you some help.

Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Value Name: NODRIVES
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Data: A bit mask of 11111111111111111111111111 (0x3FFFFFFh) would hide all
drive letters.