You’ve probably read a bunch of posts on how to create hidden folders, secure folders, locked folders, etc, etc in Windows on many occasions! But have you ever tried to hide the entire partition of your hard disk. Then try this...
Right-click on Explorer and choose New and then DWORD Value.
Name the new value NoDrives and then double click on it to open the properties dialog box. Click on Decimal for the Base unit.
Type in one of the following values depending on that drive letter you want to hide.
A: 1
B: 2
C: 4
D: 8
E: 16
F: 32
G: 64
H: 128
I: 256
J: 512
K: 1024
L: 2048
M: 4096
N: 8192
O: 16384
P: 32768
Q: 65536
R: 131072
S: 262144
T: 524288
U: 1048576
V: 2097152
W: 4194304
X: 8388608
Y: 16777216
Z: 33554432
All: 67108863
If you want to hide drive E, just type in the value 16. The really cool thing about this trick is the fact that you can hide multiple drives by adding the numbers of the particular drives together. For example, if you want to hide drive E and drive G, you would type in the number 80, which is 64 + 16.
Restart your computer and your drive will now be hidden! Trying to hide your system drive (C) will not work as Windows has to use this drive to run correctly, so don’t store your secret files there!
When you want to get your drives back, change the value of NoDrives to 0 or simply delete the value altogether. Of course, having to do this everyday can be a pain, so if you’re up for it, you can try and write a registry file that will allow you to insert and delete the value by just double-clicking a file.
This trick also works for mapped drives, so if you want to hide mapped drives, you can do it this way (though it might just be easier to disconnect a mapped drive).
first off, back up your registry as this requires adding a key to the registry. Once you’ve backed up your registry, open the registry editor by clicking on Start-> Run and typing in regedit.
Now navigate to the following registry hive shown below:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Now navigate to the following registry hive shown below:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Right-click on Explorer and choose New and then DWORD Value.
Name the new value NoDrives and then double click on it to open the properties dialog box. Click on Decimal for the Base unit.
Type in one of the following values depending on that drive letter you want to hide.A: 1
B: 2
C: 4
D: 8
E: 16
F: 32
G: 64
H: 128
I: 256
J: 512
K: 1024
L: 2048
M: 4096
N: 8192
O: 16384
P: 32768
Q: 65536
R: 131072
S: 262144
T: 524288
U: 1048576
V: 2097152
W: 4194304
X: 8388608
Y: 16777216
Z: 33554432
All: 67108863
If you want to hide drive E, just type in the value 16. The really cool thing about this trick is the fact that you can hide multiple drives by adding the numbers of the particular drives together. For example, if you want to hide drive E and drive G, you would type in the number 80, which is 64 + 16.
Restart your computer and your drive will now be hidden! Trying to hide your system drive (C) will not work as Windows has to use this drive to run correctly, so don’t store your secret files there!
When you want to get your drives back, change the value of NoDrives to 0 or simply delete the value altogether. Of course, having to do this everyday can be a pain, so if you’re up for it, you can try and write a registry file that will allow you to insert and delete the value by just double-clicking a file.
This trick also works for mapped drives, so if you want to hide mapped drives, you can do it this way (though it might just be easier to disconnect a mapped drive).
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A few days back, one of my friend told me that he was having trouble with his Windows XP. The show hidden files and folders was not working at all. If he selected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated properly. So here is what I did to restore it back. Remember, apply all these steps at your own risk this site will not bear any responsibility for any inconvenience.
Procedure 1:
* Go to registry editor ( Start >> Run >> "regedit" )
* Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
* In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
* Check it in your tools menu if the changes have taken effect.Procedure 2:
* Go to registry editor ( Start >> Run >> "regedit" )
* Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced \ Folder \ Hidden \ SHOWALL
* Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
* Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
* The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally.For more information just subscribe in the email.
Procedure 1:
* Go to registry editor ( Start >> Run >> "regedit" )
* Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
* In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
* Check it in your tools menu if the changes have taken effect.Procedure 2:
* Go to registry editor ( Start >> Run >> "regedit" )
* Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced \ Folder \ Hidden \ SHOWALL
* Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
* Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
* The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally.For more information just subscribe in the email.
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XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything.
Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file located at X:/windows/inf/sysoc.inf (where x is the drive of xp located), search for the word 'hide' and remove every occurance of it.
Now go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and hidden system softwares will be displayed . They will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.. And here is the rest of it.
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