If you have a need to remove the explorer view, to prevent your users from access to it, you will have to delete it and this will disable it for everyone. One option is to create a personal view to enable it for only those users that know how to access it. But you will notice that when you go to create a view the explorer view is not an option (unless you have deleted the current explorer view) and you cannot modify the current explorer view to be a personal view. The following will explain the roundabout steps you need to complete this:
· Delete the current explorer view. You will need to go to Settings > Document Library Settings scroll to the bottom of the page and select Explorer View and Delete
· Go to Settings > Document Library Settings. Select create view from the bottom of the page and you will know see the option for Explorer View as a template.
· Select Explorer View. Give it a View name and select OK.
Note: If you go to modify this view you will still not have the ability to make this a personal view
· Modify the view to include a column. I typically pick title. Go to Settings > Document Library Settings and select [Explorer View Name]. Under Columns select Title and OK at the bottom of the page.
· Go to Settings > Create View and select [Explorer View Name]. You will now see the option to make the view a personal view.
Note: Others will be able to get to your personal view if you share with them how to access it since it will not be displayed in the drop down list of views for that library unless you are the user that created the view.
· To do this you can create another page or add a document library web part to an existing web part. Once it has been added you go to site actions > edit page. In the title of the web part select Edit > Modify Shared Web Part. Change the Selected View to the personal view you just created.