Hide a drive from a specific windows users group from displaying and accessing in Windows 10 virtual desktops

Question

I have C:, D: and F: drives on Windows 10 Virtual desktop and I'm trying to hide F: drive from a specific set of users or a group.

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting the question on Microsoft Windows forum!

Based on your query of hiding the F drive from a specific set of users or group, you can try the following steps by configuring group policy setting:

1. Create an OU in the Active Directory Users and Computers and place a specific set of users or group that you want to hide the F drive from them.
2. Open Group Policy Management console, create a policy named "Hide F Drive" and link it to the above OU.
3. Right-click the policy name and click edit. Then Open the following sections: User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and File Explorer.
4. Click Hide these specified drives in My Computer.
5. Click to select the Hide these specified drives in My Computer check box.
6. In whichever settings dialog, choose the Enabled radio button and choose the drive(s) you want to restrict.
7. Then click apply and OK button.
8. Finally, on command prompt, run the command gpupdate /force.

The next time the users or group (being placed in the OU) log in, they will not be able to see/access the hidden drive.

You can refer to below article for further information about using Group Policy Objects to hide specified drives

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/group-policy/using-group-policy-objects-hide-specified-drives

Hope the above information is helpful!