How can i hide the disk capacity from being appear with shared folder ?

Question

i create a shared folder with a group of users , and i make a specific disk for the shared folder, the shared folder appear to the users with the ability to see the capacity of the shared folder .

i need to hide the following capacity of the disk of shared folder (Owned Asset O) 4.00 TB free of 4.99TB

Answer 1

Hello Sanaa Al-Tamimi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

To hide the disk capacity information for a shared folder, you can try the steps below.

1.Using NTFS Permissions:

You can set NTFS permissions to deny "Read Attributes" and "Read Extended Attributes" to the users on the shared folder, which may help in hiding the disk capacity information.

Right-click the shared folder, go to "Properties," then to the "Security" tab.

Click "Advanced," then "Change Permissions."

Add or modify the user group permissions by denying "Read Attributes" and "Read Extended Attributes."

2.Using Group Policy:

Open the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).

Navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer. - Find the policy "Hide these specified drives in My Computer," enable it, and select the appropriate drive.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

Answer 2

Dear Microsoft Support,

Thank you for your support.

Note that the file share is on a separate server, not on the Domain Controller.

I would like to inform you that when I apply the group policy, I did not fine the drive I have made on the file share server which is below DAN-Share(S):

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Can you please explain to me what the purpose from hides the entire drive of the shared folder from the user’s computer? because I understand from the GPO that it’s hide the entire drive from being appear on the computer, I only need to hide the capacity of the drive as I describe before.
Regards

Answer 3

After i disabled the denying "Read Attributes" and "Read Extended Attributes , the capacity is hide from the drive, but the read permission is removed at all which the user will NOT be able to open the shared folder.

Answer 4

Hello

Good day!
*Can you please explain to me what the purpose from hides the entire drive of the shared folder from the user’s computer? because I understand from the GPO that it’s hide the entire drive from being appear on the computer, I only need to hide the capacity of the drive as I describe before.*A: I am sorry for my mistake.

but the read permission is removed at all which the user will be able to open the shared folder.
A: Do you mean all the users will be NOT able to open the shared folder?

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

Answer 5

Yes the users will be NOT able to open the shared folder, as i told you when i disabled the Read Attributes" and "Read Extended Attributes permission, the read permission is removed at all which the user will NOT be able to open the shared folder.