Unable to see Drives etc in 'Computer'

Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.

I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"

"John Young" wrote:

> Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
>
>

Hi Josh,

Did you use any tweaking tool recently?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"

"John Young" wrote:

> Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
>
>

As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
laptop I purchased.
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Josh,
>
> Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
>
> "John Young" wrote:
>
> > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> >
> >
>

Click Start, type CMD and press ENTER.

Type:

reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives

Copy the output and include it in your reply.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Josh" <> wrote in message news:1295662E-1B16-4673-8E70-...

As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
laptop I purchased.
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Josh,
>
> Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
>
> "John Young" wrote:
>
> > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> >
> >
>

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
NoDrives Reg_DWORD 0x3ffffff

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Click Start, type CMD and press ENTER.
>
> Type:
>
> reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives
>
> Copy the output and include it in your reply.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Josh" <> wrote in message news:1295662E-1B16-4673-8E70-...
>
> As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
> first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
> laptop I purchased.
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Hi Josh,
> >
> > Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> > I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> > Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> > address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
> >
> > "John Young" wrote:
> >
> > > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> > >
> > >
> >
>

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software... not HKCU

"Josh" wrote:

> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
> NoDrives Reg_DWORD 0x3ffffff
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Click Start, type CMD and press ENTER.
> >
> > Type:
> >
> > reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives
> >
> > Copy the output and include it in your reply.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:1295662E-1B16-4673-8E70-...
> >
> > As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
> > first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
> > laptop I purchased.
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Josh,
> > >
> > > Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> > > I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> > > Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> > > address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
> > >
> > > "John Young" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > > > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > > > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > > > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > > > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > > > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > > > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > > > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >

Click Start, and type:

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives /f

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Josh" <> wrote in message news:CFF3D115-EFFE-44B4-9FDA-...
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
NoDrives Reg_DWORD 0x3ffffff

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Click Start, type CMD and press ENTER.
>
> Type:
>
> reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives
>
> Copy the output and include it in your reply.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Josh" <> wrote in message news:1295662E-1B16-4673-8E70-...
>
> As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
> first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
> laptop I purchased.
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Hi Josh,
> >
> > Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> > I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> > Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> > address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
> >
> > "John Young" wrote:
> >
> > > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> > >
> > >
> >
>

access is denied. I am set as the only admin.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Click Start, and type:
>
> reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives /f
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Josh" <> wrote in message news:CFF3D115-EFFE-44B4-9FDA-...
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
> NoDrives Reg_DWORD 0x3ffffff
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Click Start, type CMD and press ENTER.
> >
> > Type:
> >
> > reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives
> >
> > Copy the output and include it in your reply.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:1295662E-1B16-4673-8E70-...
> >
> > As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
> > first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
> > laptop I purchased.
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Josh,
> > >
> > > Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> > > I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> > > Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> > > address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
> > >
> > > "John Young" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > > > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > > > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > > > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > > > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > > > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > > > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > > > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Open an Admin Command prompt and then try running the command again. To open an elevated Command Prompt window, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Josh" <> wrote in message news:A156E82C-652A-471B-A3C0-...
access is denied. I am set as the only admin.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Click Start, and type:
>
> reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives /f
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Josh" <> wrote in message news:CFF3D115-EFFE-44B4-9FDA-...
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
> NoDrives Reg_DWORD 0x3ffffff
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Click Start, type CMD and press ENTER.
> >
> > Type:
> >
> > reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v NoDrives
> >
> > Copy the output and include it in your reply.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:1295662E-1B16-4673-8E70-...
> >
> > As far as I remember it was like that from the get-go. It was one of the
> > first things I noticed to be differant from xp.Vista came installed on a new
> > laptop I purchased.
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Josh,
> > >
> > > Did you use any tweaking tool recently?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Josh" <> wrote in message news:176E0C24-5D13-4FD4-9C8F-...
> > > I have the same problem. The only thing that shows up is " My Sharing
> > > Folders". C, D, and E are not there. I can access them by typing C:\ in the
> > > address bar they just don't show up under "My Computer"
> > >
> > > "John Young" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Computer is a Compaq Presario SR1180UK, operating system is Windows Vista
> > > > Home premium. Normally when I open 'My Computer' I can see all drives with
> > > > info as to size/name etc, and am able to open any drive by selecting it.
> > > > Today, for no reason that I am aware of, When I select 'Computer' no drives
> > > > are shown. I am able, I think, to save info to a drive because drive led on
> > > > front of comp blinks. I have Norton 360 installed and Tweakvi. Have tried
> > > > Windows System Restore but get message 'unable to restore.'
> > > > Thanks for advice re personal details - will be careful in future.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>