Disable Automatic Hidden Shares

I don’t know the reason, why Windows always automatically create hidden shares to the local disk drives and some user’s folders. The shares are normally accessed via \\\c$ and \\\d$ depending on the drive letter. To disable this condition, 1. open registry editor, Start | Run, type regedit and press Enter. 2. find key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ [...]

Disable Automatic Hidden Shares (Windows NT/2000/XP)

Windows automatically create hidden shares to the local disk drives. The shares are normally accessed via \\server\c$ and \\server\d$ depending on the drive letter. If it disabled now, but when the computer restart, the sharing will automatic enabled. To stop that open your registry using regedit, 1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters] 2. Create a new [...]

Folder Options-Show hidden files and folders not function

Here some fix to restore “Show hidden files and folders” to work as usual, 1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R) 2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”. 3. Find key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced) 4. In the right hand area, double click “hidden” and change the value to 1 5. Find key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL 6. [...]