Windows 10: Access control for Hyper-V enhanced session mode shared-drive

Hello,is it possible to configure access control on the shared-drive which is "mounted" on Hyper-V machine on Windows 10 when enhanced session mode is used? This shared drive is mounted with administrative privileges by default and that means that users of Hyper-V machine have basically unlimited access to the system drive or any drive that is available - eg. when subst command is used to expose just user home directory.

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Enhanced Session Mode question

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.


What exactly did you want enhanced mode for? If it was for sound in the VM then you're out of luck. But if it was for transferring files then there are alternatives.

You could share a folder on the host and connect to it from the VM. For that you'd need to add a network adapter (which will also give the VM internet access, resulting in the VM checking for a digital license and finding that it's not activated). Using the Default Switch will let you access shares on the host only, or other VMs on the same host. For other PCs on the network you'd need to set up a virtual switch in Hyper-V Manager's Virtual Switch Manager.





If the file you want to access from the VM is an ISO, then add a DVD drive to the SCSI Controller.





For other types of files you can create a virtual .vhd drive using Hyper-V Manager > Actions > New > Hard disk... That can be mounted by the host and by the VM as a shared drive.

 

Hyper-V Enhanced Session Mode 'Intercept' Stopped Working

The RDP config file for a VM is only created when enhanced mode settings are saved. If user switches to enhanced mode without saving the settings, no RDP configuration file will be created.

To save configuration, first switch to enhanced mode:





Click Show Options:





Select Save my settings and click Connect:

In normal mode, resolution can be changed exactly as on physical machines, right click on desktop and select Display Settings.

When switching to enhanced mode on a VM with no configuration saved, use the slider in VM Connect window to set resolution:

 

Hyper-V Enhanced Session Mode 'Intercept' Stopped Working

As I said in my previous post, enhanced mode ONLY works on virtual machines with Windows 8.1 or later. See the note in beginning of this tutorial: Turn On or Off Hyper-V Enhanced Session Mode in Windows 10 | Tutorials