"Hide empty drives in my computer folder"

[Dave-UK]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that
setting applied to usb drives, like card-readers etc.
This is what Windows 7 Annoyances says about it:

" Hide empty drives in the Computer folder.
This is one of the more stupid options in this window-particularly in
light of the numerous unused items that can't be removed-and this one
is turned on by default. The idea is to reduce confusion for those users
overwhelmed by the breadth of the English alphabet, and hide drives that
don't have data on them. Never mind that those same mythical users will
be even more baffled by the disappearance of empty USB drives, new
backup hard disks, and blank DVDs. "

Doesn't really help much. :-(

I've just got my empty drive to appear!
In the Computer folder, find a blank area on the left pane, right-click
and select: 'Show all folders'
Now open out Computer and the empty drive is listed.

 

[Derek]

I've just got my empty drive to appear!
In the Computer folder, find a blank area on the left pane, right-click
and select: 'Show all folders'
Now open out Computer and the empty drive is listed.

Brilliant! Thank you very much. It was only a trivial issue but, to be
honest, it was starting to get to me because I couldn't fathom how to fix it
after hours of trying. Nice one, Dave.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Well, I hope the batteries on his rumblepad run out. Funny thing is, when I
go to attach a file to an email the option to copy from D: is available,
even when the D: drive is empty, so gawd knows why it doesn't show up in my
"computer folder" - my machine knows it's there, empty or not.

Most everything in this thread results from Microsoft's conspiracy to
separate the men from the boys.

Judging by my experiences in this area, and in dealing with such things
as the Library in Windows Explorer, I am definitely relegated to the
Boys side

I try to avoid the Library (though I can't figure out how to make it go
away!), and when I'm looking for a drive with removable media, I just
look in both panes to see if I can find it.

Since mostly I like Win 7, I just shrug my shoulders and move on, and
when I get too confused I consider opening a beer.

 

[Dave-UK]

Most everything in this thread results from Microsoft's conspiracy to
separate the men from the boys.

Judging by my experiences in this area, and in dealing with such things
as the Library in Windows Explorer, I am definitely relegated to the
Boys side

I try to avoid the Library (though I can't figure out how to make it go
away!), and when I'm looking for a drive with removable media, I just
look in both panes to see if I can find it.

Since mostly I like Win 7, I just shrug my shoulders and move on, and
when I get too confused I consider opening a beer.

You have to hack the registry to remove the Library. I've got a bunch of reg
files I can up somewhere if you want to have a go!

 

[Derek]

Most everything in this thread results from Microsoft's conspiracy to
separate the men from the boys.

Judging by my experiences in this area, and in dealing with such things
as the Library in Windows Explorer, I am definitely relegated to the
Boys side

I try to avoid the Library (though I can't figure out how to make it go
away!), and when I'm looking for a drive with removable media, I just
look in both panes to see if I can find it.

Since mostly I like Win 7, I just shrug my shoulders and move on, and
when I get too confused I consider opening a beer.

I was going to write something clever about migrating to linux as some kind
of penance for being so stupid, but I caught myself in time before making an
even bigger fool of myself.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

You have to hack the registry to remove the Library. I've got a bunch of reg
files I can up somewhere if you want to have a go!

OK, sometime when I fell energetic (fighting the end of a bad cold now,
energy level in the low negative range), I'll browse around for that.

I use Registry Mechanic, a (non-free) substitute for RegEdit, which
makes looking around the Registry almost fun

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I was going to write something clever about migrating to linux as some kind
of penance for being so stupid, but I caught myself in time before making an
even bigger fool of myself.

Oh, come on, be a sport

There was a time a few years back - like 1995 or 1996 - when I had
Windows for Workgroups (or whatever version was current then), BeOS, and
two or three Linuxes, all multibooting on my computer.

I figured out that I was stark staring mad, and got rid of all but
Windows.

Since I was using Unix at work anyway, that was enough for me at the
time.

 

[Stan Brown]

I try to avoid the Library (though I can't figure out how to make it go
away!),

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/

 

[Lewis]

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/

Woohoo!

But... I don't run reg files. I wish they'd just included the directions
on the page.

 

[Dave-UK]

Woohoo!

But... I don't run reg files. I wish they'd just included the directions
on the page.

But any directions would involve manually editing the registry.
Would you feel comfortable doing that ?

 

[Char Jackson]

Woohoo!

But... I don't run reg files. I wish they'd just included the directions
on the page.

Just open the reg files in your favorite text editor. You'll be able
to see exactly what each line in each file does. At that point, you
can simply do each step manually, if that's how you prefer.

The reg files are the directions.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/

Thanks, Stan. As I suspected (feared), the required changes were mucho
complicated, and I really couldn't have figured it out myself.

I ran the reg file, but with no visible effect, so I'll reboot soon and
see what happens.

Remarks:
1. I read the reg files before running them, to see if they looked
harmless

2. I created a restore point first. This move also earns a

3. Later I'll look at the site askvg.com to see what I can learn from
Vishal...

 

[Char Jackson]

Thanks, Stan. As I suspected (feared), the required changes were mucho
complicated, and I really couldn't have figured it out myself.

I ran the reg file, but with no visible effect, so I'll reboot soon and
see what happens.

Remarks:
1. I read the reg files before running them, to see if they looked
harmless

2. I created a restore point first. This move also earns a

3. Later I'll look at the site askvg.com to see what I can learn from
Vishal...

To me, it's usually faster and easier to simply export the branch of
the Registry that I'm working on (before I actually make any changes
to it) rather than create a restore point. I have System Restore
disabled on all of my PC's, but I would export the branch anyway.
Anyway, just another option to consider.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

To me, it's usually faster and easier to simply export the branch of
the Registry that I'm working on (before I actually make any changes
to it) rather than create a restore point. I have System Restore
disabled on all of my PC's, but I would export the branch anyway.
Anyway, just another option to consider.

Agreed, but it's just not my habit...

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I ran the reg file, but with no visible effect, so I'll reboot soon and
see what happens.

Rebooting did the trick.

 

[jbm]

Since mostly I like Win 7, I just shrug my shoulders and move on, and
when I get too confused I consider opening a beer.

How's that displayed if it's empty?

jim

 

[jbm]

Since mostly I like Win 7, I just shrug my shoulders and move on, and
when I get too confused I consider opening a beer.

How's that displayed if it's empty?

jim

 

[Char Jackson]

Agreed, but it's just not my habit...

That sounds like something a Nun would say. ;-)

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

That sounds like something a Nun would say. ;-)

Now you know my deepest secret.

....I was laughing too hard to think of a cogent reply

 

[Lewis]

In message <[email protected]>

But any directions would involve manually editing the registry.
Would you feel comfortable doing that ?

yup. there I know what I'm doing. Some .reg file I have to convince
windows to open in a text reader first.

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