Delete top-level folders in XP's Windows Explorer?

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George

The top-level folders in XP are more numerous than those in
98, and I don't want some that I think are unnecessary
cluttering up my view in Windows Explorer.

Examples: Under "My Computer", there is "Shared Documents",
"Guest's Document's" and a duplicate folder of "[UserName]
Documents" (with the exact same content as "My Documents"
under my "[UserName]" folder in "Documents and Settings" --
why the heck is this here, anyway?!!). None of these do I
need or want.

Under C\Documents and Settings, there is "All Users",
"Guest", "Administrator", "Default User", and "Owner", in
addition to my "[UserName]" folder which of course I want
to keep. Now maybe one or two of these are necessary for
some technical reason, but I can't believe that it's really
necessary to have all five of them in addition to my
"[UserName]" folder.

I have XP Home, am the only user of the PC, and have
Administrator permissions by default.

Are there some Registry keys that can be changed or deleted
to remove these top-level folders from the view in Explorer
without compromising the system? Or any other method?

Thanks.

George
 
HI,

Copy and paste the following into notepad:

Copy______________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001

Paste______________________

Save as nosharedocumets.reg and doubleclick the file. This affects it
The top-level folders in XP are more numerous than those in
98, and I don't want some that I think are unnecessary
cluttering up my view in Windows Explorer.

Examples: Under "My Computer", there is "Shared Documents",
"Guest's Document's" and a duplicate folder of "[UserName]
Documents" (with the exact same content as "My Documents"
under my "[UserName]" folder in "Documents and Settings" --
why the heck is this here, anyway?!!). None of these do I
need or want.

Under C\Documents and Settings, there is "All Users",
"Guest", "Administrator", "Default User", and "Owner", in
addition to my "[UserName]" folder which of course I want
to keep. Now maybe one or two of these are necessary for
some technical reason, but I can't believe that it's really
necessary to have all five of them in addition to my
"[UserName]" folder.

I have XP Home, am the only user of the PC, and have
Administrator permissions by default.

Are there some Registry keys that can be changed or deleted
to remove these top-level folders from the view in Explorer
without compromising the system? Or any other method?

Thanks.

George
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Durand,

Thanks for your helpful reply. I will try this out.

Sorry for not responding sooner but I have been away.

George
-----Original Message-----
HI,

Copy and paste the following into notepad:

Copy______________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001

Paste______________________

Save as nosharedocumets.reg and doubleclick the file. This affects it
on a per user basis, however if you want machine basis, change to the
HKey_local_machine key instead.
The top-level folders in XP are more numerous than those in
98, and I don't want some that I think are unnecessary
cluttering up my view in Windows Explorer.

Examples: Under "My Computer", there is "Shared Documents",
"Guest's Document's" and a duplicate folder of "[UserName]
Documents" (with the exact same content as "My Documents"
under my "[UserName]" folder in "Documents and Settings" --
why the heck is this here, anyway?!!). None of these do I
need or want.

Under C\Documents and Settings, there is "All Users",
"Guest", "Administrator", "Default User", and "Owner", in
addition to my "[UserName]" folder which of course I want
to keep. Now maybe one or two of these are necessary for
some technical reason, but I can't believe that it's really
necessary to have all five of them in addition to my
"[UserName]" folder.

I have XP Home, am the only user of the PC, and have
Administrator permissions by default.

Are there some Registry keys that can be changed or deleted
to remove these top-level folders from the view in Explorer
without compromising the system? Or any other method?

Thanks.

George
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Regards,

Durand

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You're welcome and let us know if it does what you want. :)
Durand,

Thanks for your helpful reply. I will try this out.

Sorry for not responding sooner but I have been away.

George

-----Original Message-----
HI,

Copy and paste the following into notepad:

Copy______________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Policies\Explorer]

"NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001

Paste______________________

Save as nosharedocumets.reg and doubleclick the file. This
Click to expand...

affects it
on a per user basis, however if you want machine basis,
Click to expand...

change to the
HKey_local_machine key instead.

George wrote:

The top-level folders in XP are more numerous than those
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in
98, and I don't want some that I think are unnecessary
cluttering up my view in Windows Explorer.

Examples: Under "My Computer", there is "Shared
Click to expand...
Documents",
"Guest's Document's" and a duplicate folder of
Click to expand...
"[UserName]
Documents" (with the exact same content as "My
Click to expand...
Documents"
under my "[UserName]" folder in "Documents and Settings"
Click to expand...
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