Hide the File and Printer Sharing Controls

Enabling this options hides the file and printer sharing controls, stopping users from disabling or creating new file or printer shares.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoFileSharingControl' using the settings below.

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


Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionPolicies\Network]
Name: NoFileSharingControl
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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