No, they will not, forum permissions still apply :)

If the user is in a usergroup that does not have permissions to see a forum, then unanswered threads from that forum will not show up for that user.

wow that was the quickest reply ever!! Thanks for the prompted answer. On question about installing . This will be my 1st attempt of installing a hack! ( wish me luck!) Do I put in the forum root folder?

No, just follow the instructions below:

1. Import ms_search_all_unanswered.xml into vB using the AdminCP Product Manager.
2. Alter the settings in the Admin CP vBulletin Options to your liking.

oh yea that thing. I remember seeing that the other day. so much back there I forget what is what! Thanks

I have imported now but do not see in vb options. When I imported the only lines I filled out were the title and version and pretty much left everything blank!!

not sure if thats why I am not seeing but anyway. i must be missing something as
it is not showing up. in vb options! Thanks for the help

You need to import it, it sounds like you have created a new product.

You need to browse for the xml file, then click import after.

See screen shoot, for example:

Update: v3.7.006
-- Changed: Check boxes now for usergroup selection, instead of needing comma separated numbers
-- Changed: Screenshots
-- Added: New plugin, for processing usergroup permissions

nice mod but u can u make it exclude soft deleted threads ?

I had a quick look at how the search.php works (which is what this hack calls to show the unanswered threads) and it does not seem to take into account excluding soft deleted threads, so this would probably require extra plug-ins, editing of the core files or if any query hooks are available in the correct places it may be possible to extend a query or 2 to make it take that into account.

But this is a fairly simple hack, so am probably not going look into it. I may change my mind in future if I feel the urge to look into it, but I doubt it.

just installed, thanks :up: