How to Hide all the drives(C:, D:, E:,...etc) in "My Computer"
This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.
1. Go to
Start ->
Run.
2. Type
regedit3. Now go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
4. In the right pane, create a new
DWORD item and name it
NoDrives (it is case sensitive).
5. Modify it's value and set it to
3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .
6. Restart your computer.
7. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown.
To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete the DWORD item that you have created. Restart your computer. The drives will be visible again.
Do it at your own risk