Hide the Active Directory Folder in My Network Places (Windows 2000)

This restriction is used to remove the Active Directory folder from My Network Places. This still allows users to search but not browse the Active Directory.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "HideDirectoryFolder" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		HideDirectoryFolder	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Direct...

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