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Hide C Drive
We purchased Wyse 5070 Thin Clients for our office. I just finished configuring the Policy for my Thin Clients, with Desktop Experience, Security, RDP, etc. However, when a domain user logs on, they still have access to the C drive, etc. Is there a way to "hide" the C drive from user in WMS or somewhere else? Thank you!!
mafischl
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May 14th, 2019 12:00
You can configure either the Windows Registry or Local Group Policy to hide the C Drive.
Group Policy (Hides for all users)
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer
Set "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" to restrict the C Drive
Windows Registry - All Users
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a DWORD called "NoDrives" and set the decimal value to 4 (binary flags where C Drive = 4)
Windows Registry - Current User
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a DWORD called "NoDrives" and set the decimal value to 4 (binary flags where C Drive = 4)
My recommendation to restrict all users (including new users) is to use the Windows Registry to restrict all users then use the current user method on the built-in Admin account to permit access to the C Drive.