GPO – local Drives Restriction Popups

ISSUE: Users are getting restriction messages when trying to save files over the network.

Solutions: Need to enable 2 policies, this will suppress the prompts but you may need further testing that users can’t access local drives through other means within applications.

• Open GPO Editor on AD or the local machine.
• User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Explorer.
• Then on the right side under Setting, double click on Prevent access to drives from My Computer.
• Choose: Do not Restrict Drives
• Then Choose Policy >> Hide These Specified Drives in My computer
• Select: Restrict C: Drive only
• Exit >> Gpupdate /Force through Command prompt
• Good luck!