If you are in the situation you want to deactivate / reactivate Folder Options (For various reasons, among which the most important is privacy/restricting access to personal files of other users), Then surely you need the following instructions:
Deactivate / Reactivate Folders Options through the Local Group Policy Editor
- open Location Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) And click (on line) on User Configuration-> Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Windows Explore (Left pane of the window)
- in the right pane, right click on Removes the Folder Options menu from the Tools Menu and select Edit (or Properties)
- in the open window, select Enabled and then click on OK
- to reactivate Folder Options, select times Disabled ori not Configured and then click on OK.
If you were one edition users Windows HomeProbably already know (or are now) you can not access Group Policy Editor. In this case, you can deactivate / reactivate Folders Options only through registry system.
Deactivate / Reactivate Folders Options via Registry Editor
- open registry Editor (type: regedit in Searchacquis in Start Menu and give Enter), Then follow the path HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer (If you can not find Explore, Right click on Policies, select New then select Key, type Explore and give Enter)
- in the right pane create entry DWORD (32-bit) NoFolderOptionsThen modify the value in 1 (right-click on entry->Modify)
- to reactivate Folder Options delete the NoFolder entryOptions (Follow the same path you followed to off)
- then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer and delete the entry in the right pane NoFolderOptions (Where it exists, if not, close the registry)
- restart your computer
If you have experience in using the registry, we recommend download these fisiere.reg and then Double-click them to disable or re-enable Folder Options:
Download DisableFolderOptions.
Note: Before modify the registry, you should make a backup of them to avoid any unpleasant consequences that may arise as a result of mistakes (open regedit, Click on Fillet in the upper left corner and select Export from the menu. Choose a location - preferably at hand - where save the file. regAnd in case of error double-click on this file to repair registry).
This tutorial has not been tested on Windows XP, so we do not recommend using the registry method from any XP edition.
