Hi,

I have created a function that will hide drive depending on drive letter inputted via function.

Code:

Function HideDrive($Drive)
	Select 
		Case  $Drive = A $Hex = 1
		Case  $Drive = B $Hex = 2
		Case  $Drive = C $Hex = 4
		Case  $Drive = D $Hex = 8
		Case  $Drive = E $Hex = 16
		Case  $Drive = F $Hex = 32
		Case  $Drive = G $Hex = 64
		Case  $Drive = H $Hex = 128
		Case  $Drive = I $Hex = 256
		Case  $Drive = J $Hex = 512
		Case  $Drive = K $Hex = 1024
		Case  $Drive = L $Hex = 2048
		Case  $Drive = M $Hex = 4096
		Case  $Drive = N $Hex = 8192
		Case  $Drive = O $Hex = 16384
		Case  $Drive = P $Hex = 32768
		Case  $Drive = Q $Hex = 65536
		Case  $Drive = R $Hex = 131072
		Case  $Drive = S $Hex = 262144
		Case  $Drive = T $Hex = 524288
		Case  $Drive = U $Hex = 1048576
		Case  $Drive = V $Hex = 2097152
		Case  $Drive = W $Hex = 4194304
		Case  $Drive = X $Hex = 8388608
		Case  $Drive = Y $Hex = 16777216
		Case  $Drive = Z $Hex = 33554432
	EndSelect
	
	$RegValue = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"
	WriteValue($RegValue,"NoDrives",Val($Hex) + Val(ReadValue($RegValue,"NoDrives")),"REG_DWORD")

EndFunction


For users that don't understand "NoDrive", I have included a quote from Microsoft.

Quote:


The "NoDrives" value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive visibility for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z. Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1.

If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):

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

For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value should be set to "9".

To disable all the drives set the value to "67108863".




Now the problem with my function, is it cannot not detect if that drive is already hidden. So say my registry entry is set to 6 (B & C hidden), and I then say I want to hide drive C, it will add 2 to the registry value giving you a total of 8.

You see my problem.

Now if I was any good at maths, I could work out a procedure to say if registry = 8, then drives B & C must be hidden.

Hope this makes sence, and if anyone could come up with a bright idea ?

Thanks

Richard

Edited by Richie19Rich77 (2006-07-06 05:50 PM)