removable storage

G

Guest

hello,

when i put the memory card into my computer, it usually opens automatically,
or i go in through My Computer. now, it doesnt open and i dont have the
option through My computer (none of the removable storage drives are there...
they are usually a letter ie. "G".)

Can anyone help? Thanks,
Brian
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi Brian,

Did you recently use a tweak program to hide the drive letters from Explorer perhaps?

To confirm, type the following command in Start, Run:

CMD.EXE
(Press ENTER)

Type the following command in the console window:

reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

Copy/Paste the output in your reply.

--
Regards,

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


hello,

when i put the memory card into my computer, it usually opens automatically,
or i go in through My Computer. now, it doesnt open and i dont have the
option through My computer (none of the removable storage drives are there...
they are usually a letter ie. "G".)

Can anyone help? Thanks,
Brian
 
G

Guest

hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian
 
G

Guest

same result!!

is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest?? thats what i have been doing
thanks

Ramesh said:
It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian

Ramesh said:
Hi Brian,

Did you recently use a tweak program to hide the drive letters from Explorer perhaps?

To confirm, type the following command in Start, Run:

CMD.EXE
(Press ENTER)

Type the following command in the console window:

reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

Copy/Paste the output in your reply.

--
Regards,

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


hello,

when i put the memory card into my computer, it usually opens automatically,
or i go in through My Computer. now, it doesnt open and i dont have the
option through My computer (none of the removable storage drives are there...
they are usually a letter ie. "G".)

Can anyone help? Thanks,
Brian
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Click to expand...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

same result!!

Okie. It appears that the NoDrives Policy is not set.

Yes. You type the command in the Command Prompt window, just as you did for the earlier command.

See if the drive letters are listed when you open the Disk Management MMC (type diskmgmt.msc in Start, Run dialog)

--
Regards,

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



same result!!

is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest?? thats what i have been doing
thanks

Ramesh said:
It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
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G

Guest

No. there is the "C" and 2 other under volume which dont have names.

this is all very odd as it was working fine on wednesday!!!

thanks so much

Ramesh said:
Okie. It appears that the NoDrives Policy is not set.

Yes. You type the command in the Command Prompt window, just as you did for the earlier command.

See if the drive letters are listed when you open the Disk Management MMC (type diskmgmt.msc in Start, Run dialog)

--
Regards,

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



same result!!

is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest?? thats what i have been doing
thanks

Ramesh said:
It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
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Click to expand...
 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

Brian,

Do you have only one hard drive partition (C:\)? If so, the other two may be the removable drives, probably without any drive letter assignment. Flash drives show up as "Removable", followed by the disk size. May be you want to assign a drive letter for those removable drives to fix the problem.

--
Regards,

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


No. there is the "C" and 2 other under volume which dont have names.

this is all very odd as it was working fine on wednesday!!!

thanks so much

Ramesh said:
Okie. It appears that the NoDrives Policy is not set.

Yes. You type the command in the Command Prompt window, just as you did for the earlier command.

See if the drive letters are listed when you open the Disk Management MMC (type diskmgmt.msc in Start, Run dialog)

--
Regards,

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



same result!!

is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest?? thats what i have been doing
thanks

Ramesh said:
It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

i tried resarting from last known good setting and they are back!!!
Ramesh said:
Brian,

Do you have only one hard drive partition (C:\)? If so, the other two may be the removable drives, probably without any drive letter assignment. Flash drives show up as "Removable", followed by the disk size. May be you want to assign a drive letter for those removable drives to fix the problem.

--
Regards,

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


No. there is the "C" and 2 other under volume which dont have names.

this is all very odd as it was working fine on wednesday!!!

thanks so much

Ramesh said:
same result!!
Click to expand...

Okie. It appears that the NoDrives Policy is not set.
is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest??
Click to expand...

Yes. You type the command in the Command Prompt window, just as you did for the earlier command.

See if the drive letters are listed when you open the Disk Management MMC (type diskmgmt.msc in Start, Run dialog)

--
Regards,

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



same result!!

is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest?? thats what i have been doing
thanks

Ramesh said:
It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
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Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Nice! Thanks for the update, Brian.

--
Regards,

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


i tried resarting from last known good setting and they are back!!!
Ramesh said:
Brian,

Do you have only one hard drive partition (C:\)? If so, the other two may be the removable drives, probably without any drive letter assignment. Flash drives show up as "Removable", followed by the disk size. May be you want to assign a drive letter for those removable drives to fix the problem.

--
Regards,

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


No. there is the "C" and 2 other under volume which dont have names.

this is all very odd as it was working fine on wednesday!!!

thanks so much

Ramesh said:
same result!!
Click to expand...

Okie. It appears that the NoDrives Policy is not set.
is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest??
Click to expand...

Yes. You type the command in the Command Prompt window, just as you did for the earlier command.

See if the drive letters are listed when you open the Disk Management MMC (type diskmgmt.msc in Start, Run dialog)

--
Regards,

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



same result!!

is "reg query" all on the same line as the rest?? thats what i have been doing
thanks

Ramesh said:
It can be a per-system Policy also. So try this as well:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoDrives"

--
Regards,

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


hello, and thanks

this is what i got:

! REG.EXE Version 3.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value


Brian

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
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Click to expand...
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