3. In the right pane, double-click the AutoShareServer value, type 0 in the
Value data field, and click OK. (If AutoShareServer isn??™t there, go to
Edit ??? New ??? DWORD (32-bit) Value to create a new DWORD value
by that name.)
4. Next, double-click the AutoShareWks value, type 0 in the Value data
field, and click OK. (Again, create the value if it??™s not there.)
5. Close the Registry Editor when you??™re done.
6. Next, open the Start menu, type compmgmt.msc into the Search box and
press Enter to fire up the Computer Management tool.
7. Expand the System Tools branch on the left, then expand Shared Folders
underneath that, and then click the Shares folder.
Here, you??™ll see a list of all the shared folders on your PC, whether
they??™re hidden or not. Even if you??™re not hunting down administrative
shares, this is a handy tool to keep tabs on your shared resources.
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8. To manually remove the administrative shares, right-click each one (e.g.,
C$, D$, E$) and select Stop Sharing. Answer Yes to both prompts.
Go ahead and remove any hidden share you want (anything with a
dollar-sign suffix in the name), with the following three exceptions:
??? IPC$, which stands for Inter-Process Communication, is used for
remote administration of your computer, something very few people
need outside of a corporate environment. Although it has been
proven that the IPC$ share can be exploited, the only way to disable
it permanently is to turn off file sharing altogether.
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