Re: no drives in my computer
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:09:41 -0700
Windows Explorer folder pane is blank or grayed out
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/greyfolderpane.htm
"All Folders" pane missing or Windows Explorer is blank
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192315
> It acts as though the drives are hidden through some sort of group policy
> setting
TweakUI can hide drives. Group policy can hide drives. Registry settings
can hide drives.
TweakUI
[+] My Computer
Drives
Drives
[[Windows XP can hide drive letters. You hide them by setting NoDrives in
the key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer,
but it's easier using the Tweak UI category Drives.]]
[[NOTE
Hiding drive letters in Windows XP doesn't prevent users from accessing
those drives through other means, including at the command prompt.
This setting hides only those drives in Windows Explorer, the common dialog
boxes, and so on. Thus, you can't rely on this as a security measure.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp
Download TweakUI here...
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows
Server 2003.
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===
Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
If XP Pro check these settings in Group Policy.
Open Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK |
Navigate to >>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\
Hide these specified drives in My Computer
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDrives
more info...
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=548
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\
Prevent access to drives from My Computer
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoViewOnDri
ve
more info...
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=549
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:D7824F89-5F89-43D8-807C-404E62A2EC69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
wyocowboy <wyocowboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> A customer brought a system into the shop for malware removal. After
> cleaning it up, which included removing a rootkit (at least the portions
> I could find), it ran pretty well, except for a few problems that would
> appear to have a common root cause. The machine is xp home sp2.
>
> 1) sometimes, when going into the Printers & Faxes folder, or Control
> Panel, the contents of the right-hand pane do not display. There is no
> flashlight icon visible in the right-hand pane when this happens, and if
> you close out and go back in, then it works.
>
> 2) when opening My Computer, nothing displays in the right-hand pane, no
> matter how many times you go into My Computer.
>
> 3) opening Windows Explorer reveals only a My Computer folder icon in the
> left-hand tree pane (no C: or CD drives) and nothing in the right hand
> pane. However, you can go to the address bar and see C: and the CD drives
> in the pull-down list, and you can then navigate throughout the computer,
> and the contents then show in the right-hand pane.
>
> I took a look at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309663 but this
> doesn't really fit, as Help and System Restore display normallly. I also
> tried XP_CD-DVD-Fix.zip even though none of the drives are visible, and
> this did not fix the problem.
>
> It acts as though the drives are hidden through some sort of group policy
> setting, even though this is a home machine that has never been on a
> domain/server network. I suspect that the root kit based malware might
> have been responsible for this, so I suspect that I will have to manually
> fix it through the registry. Can anyone point me to the registry hack
> that affects this?
.
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