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Posted: **17 Apr 2011 22:14**

I'd like the ability to Show/Hide a drive at my own discretion. I've had a problem with a Windows 7 Pro "recovery drive" showing up in my directory tree. Evidently, when you install Windows 7 onto a new hard drive it prepares for itself a recovery partition that is not accessable to the user. However, the drive showed up in my XYPlorer Tree - annoying since I cant do anything with it. Given that, I'd like to be able to hide it. Standard methods of enabling disabling System/Hidden drive choices in XYPlorer did not work to make it dissapear.

I'd also like to be able to figure out how to set an attribute for a folder so I can make it a hidden or system folder. Is this available in the current version. If not, it would be a good additional feature to be able to set attributes for folders as well as files.

Tom

Posted: **18 Apr 2011 11:21**

Hi Tom, welcome.

wrightttt wrote:I'd like the ability to Show/Hide a drive at my own discretion.

I don't know which feature can help you but check this out:

XYplorer menu "Tools > Configuration... > General > Items in Tree and List"
and disable e.g. "[ ] Show hidden drives"

Note that there is also an tweak via XYplorer.ini which may help:
[Settings]
; Tweak: set to 1 to show only available drives in Go | Drives...
PopupAvailableDrivesOnly=0

First I searched also for an tweak like
DontShowDriveLetter=A,B,X,Y,Z
but didn't find any.

I'd also like to be able to figure out how to set an attribute for a folder so I can make it a hidden or system folder.

That's an feature provided by Windows itself, accessible e.g. via Xyplorer menu "File > Properties"

HTH?

Posted: **18 Apr 2011 14:56**

Stefan wrote:
I'd also like to be able to figure out how to set an attribute for a folder so I can make it a hidden or system folder.
That's an feature provided by Windows itself, accessible e.g. via Xyplorer menu "File > Properties"

HTH?

Why not use XY?

Open Preview Pane / Properties
Select folder in List (not in Tree!)
Now you can see and change attributes of the selected folder.
(Same for files...)

Posted: **20 Apr 2011 00:42**

Thanks for the replies. I tried to tweak xyplorer.ini with this tweak as suggested =>

; Tweak: set to 1 to show only available drives in Go | Drives...
PopupAvailableDrivesOnly=1

I still get the Windows 7 partition drive showing in the Directory Tree with the information in the file pane =>
(i) Location currently not available ... sort of ironic given the name of the setting

Also, XYPlorer allows you to change the attribute of a folder but not a drive. I wonder if there Is there a tweak available somewhere to hide a partition ?

As a side note on another thing I cant seem to solve. I am currently NOT able to see my Windows 7 Pro c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc folder with XYPlorer no matter how I set the hidden/system view choices. I can see it using windows explorer but not in XYPlorer. Anyone know where the tweak is for this? I set and unset the hidden and system view ability and do see folders appear (red) and dissapear but the etc folder is not one of them.

Thanks,
Tom

Posted: **20 Apr 2011 01:13**

wrightttt wrote:As a side note on another thing I cant seem to solve. I am currently NOT able to see my Windows 7 Pro c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc folder with XYPlorer no matter how I set the hidden/system view choices. I can see it using windows explorer but not in XYPlorer. Anyone know where the tweak is for this?

Even though I'm not a W7 user, I recognize this as a likely "WOW64" issue so see if http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5414 helps you.

And also see this: http://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=wow64

Don: Am I just not seeing it or is that FAQ about WOW64 not listed on http://www.xyplorer.com/faq.php where one might expect it to be?

Posted: **20 Apr 2011 07:51**

Hi Tom

wrightttt wrote:Thanks for the replies. I tried to tweak xyplorer.ini with this tweak as suggested =>

; Tweak: set to 1 to show only available drives in Go | Drives...
PopupAvailableDrivesOnly=1

I still get the Windows 7 partition drive showing in the Directory Tree with the information in the file pane =>
(i) Location currently not available ... sort of ironic given the name of the setting

Since this tweak caption is
"only available drives in Go | Drives..." it may work only there ? ? ? ... I can't check this myself right now.

Also, XYPlorer allows you to change the attribute of a folder but not a drive. I wonder if there Is there a tweak available somewhere to hide a partition ?

An drive have no attribute like this, it's an instrument of the file system.
You can hide an partition before computer start by changing the partition type with an hex editor or an partition tool.
To hide it on the fly within XYplorer the app have to filter the drive letter out from view, i guess.
That's why i have searched for an tweak like DontShowDriveLetter=A,B,X,Y,Z, but i think there is no such tweak.

Posted: **20 Apr 2011 22:12**

Hi,

Thanks for those answers! I see now that it is likely a WOW64 issue I was dealing with resulting in the apparent loss of some of the expected directories under the Windows\system32 folders. I took a look at my ZTRee file manager app and ... What do you know, It also is a 64 bit program so that is likely why the directories were right where I expected them when I used that app. I'm looking forward to the 64 Bit XYPlorer.

I'm going to check further but another problem I ran into (I am a new Win 7 64 bit user so a few surprises are expected) was that the BulkRenameUtility (an excellent, excellent product that will enhance any file manager) did not show up in my XYPlorer context window on my Win 7 (64 bit) machine but did it did show up in the windows explorer context menu. I bet that had something to do with my choice installing the 64 Bit app as opposed to the 32 bit app. The context menu may not have installed itself into the 32 Bit Apps!

Tom

Posted: **05 May 2011 10:53**

Stefan wrote:
Also, XYPlorer allows you to change the attribute of a folder but not a drive. I wonder if there Is there a tweak available somewhere to hide a partition ?
An drive have no attribute like this, it's an instrument of the file system.
You can hide an partition before computer start by changing the partition type with an hex editor or an partition tool.
To hide it on the fly within XYplorer the app have to filter the drive letter out from view, i guess.
That's why i have searched for an tweak like DontShowDriveLetter=A,B,X,Y,Z, but i think there is no such tweak.

I just added such a tweak (HideDrivesByLetter). Looks useful to me. Check out v9.90.0901.

Posted: **11 May 2011 09:22**

admin wrote:
Stefan wrote:
Also, XYPlorer allows you to change the attribute of a folder but not a drive. I wonder if there Is there a tweak available somewhere to hide a partition ?
An drive have no attribute like this, it's an instrument of the file system.
You can hide an partition before computer start by changing the partition type with an hex editor or an partition tool.
To hide it on the fly within XYplorer the app have to filter the drive letter out from view, i guess.
That's why i have searched for an tweak like DontShowDriveLetter=A,B,X,Y,Z, but i think there is no such tweak.
I just added such a tweak (HideDrivesByLetter). Looks useful to me. Check out v9.90.0901.

I have checked this tweak

Code: Select all

v9.90.0901 - 2011-05-05 15:14

    + Tweak to hide certain drives by letter. The drives are hidden from
      the Maxi Tree and from the Drives listing under the "Computer" node.
      E.g. this will hide drives A and B:
        HideDrivesByLetter=AB
      Note that this tweak supersedes the setting of Configuration |
      General | Show hidden drives (which retrieves the systemwide
      HIDDEN property for drives from the registry).
      An attempt to browse to such hidden drives will fail in MaxiTree
      mode. The MiniTree, however, is not affected by this tweak.

and it works with local partitions, removable USB-Stick and mapped network drive.
; Tweak: e.g. AB to hide drives A and B
HideDrivesByLetter=HMZJ

>>The drives are hidden from the Maxi Tree
Yes, the drives are hidden from maxi tree.

>>and from the Drives listing under the "Computer" node.
Where is that? Sounds like tree too? ("Arbeitsplatz")

FYI,
the drive are not filtered from:
* Go > Drives...
* myco
* right click at AB arrow

And (of course) not from:
HotList
Recent Locations

Oohh, and the drives are not only filtered out (hidden)
but are even not accessible too, what was not indented by request ;-)

Means i can't use "Go > Go to..." >> Z
or type Z:\ into the address bar
or choose from myco
to go to that hidden drive.

I think "HideDrivesByLetter=" should really only hide.

OK, the current behavior could also be nifty
but maybe as an optional tweak
"BlockDrivesByLetter=" ?

Just my test.

Posted: **12 May 2011 08:42**

OK, thanks for the feedback. I will not do anything here for the time being. Maybe the topic comes back into focus sometime later.

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