Hiding files/folder shares from users
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As a test, create a logon script for the user that the Excel remote app is running as and make that script map a drive X: (assuming not use) to the desired share.. then you should see X: inside Excel and you should see the results you want.
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No problem I will look at this more tomorrow.
Do you think I could setup a group policy to restrict users to local drives (I dont want them seeing the C drive either I guess) and then map the drive -
@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
As a test, create a logon script for the user that the Excel remote app is running as and make that script map a drive X: (assuming not use) to the desired share.. then you should see X: inside Excel and you should see the results you want.
Great, i'll try this tomorrow and come back to you with update - im very grateful to all for their inputs so far
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@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
I know there have been tools in the past to remove local drives from remote access users visual/access space, but it's been ages, so I don't recall them at this time.
Windows SteadyState
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@black3dynamite said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
I know there have been tools in the past to remove local drives from remote access users visual/access space, but it's been ages, so I don't recall them at this time.
Windows SteadyState
Didn't that go away like a decade ago?
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@scottalanmiller said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@black3dynamite said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
I know there have been tools in the past to remove local drives from remote access users visual/access space, but it's been ages, so I don't recall them at this time.
Windows SteadyState
Didn't that go away like a decade ago?
Was Vista or Windows 7 the last to use it? or heck, even XP?
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9+ years ago. Steady State died with Vista.
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@black3dynamite said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
I know there have been tools in the past to remove local drives from remote access users visual/access space, but it's been ages, so I don't recall them at this time.
Windows SteadyState
How does SteadyState remove the local drives from the view of the user? It's my understanding that SteadState locked the drive so users can't write to them.. doesn't mean they can't see them.
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@joel said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
No problem I will look at this more tomorrow.
Do you think I could setup a group policy to restrict users to local drives (I dont want them seeing the C drive either I guess) and then map the driveAgreed, I'd assume you wouldn't want the users to see any local drives at all.
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@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@black3dynamite said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
I know there have been tools in the past to remove local drives from remote access users visual/access space, but it's been ages, so I don't recall them at this time.
Windows SteadyState
How does SteadyState remove the local drives from the view of the user? It's my understanding that SteadState locked the drive so users can't write to them.. doesn't mean they can't see them.
Correct. It's not unlike snapshots.
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@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@black3dynamite said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
@dashrender said in Hiding files/folder shares from users:
I know there have been tools in the past to remove local drives from remote access users visual/access space, but it's been ages, so I don't recall them at this time.
Windows SteadyState
How does SteadyState remove the local drives from the view of the user? It's my understanding that SteadState locked the drive so users can't write to them.. doesn't mean they can't see them.
I believe there were two options. One of them was only hiding the drives. And other option could affect certain applications from working correctly. There was a DeepFreeze like options where you could still allow updates.
