getting rid of annoying folders

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SAM

Anyone know how to get rid of those EXTREMELY
annoying "My Computer," "My Music," "My eBooks" etc...
folders? They are soooooo annoying and I've tried
everything I can think of from hiding them to deleting
them, but nothing works. Is there actually a way to get
rid of them or will I just have to live with them?

Another is: Is there a way to control auto-complete? I
type things in one place and autocomplete fills it in at
other places sometimes. I also want to have control of
what stays in auto-complete and what I can delete from it
to protect my privacy. Is there a way to delete what's
typed in auto-complete and is there a way to set my
options somewhere? Any help is appreciated!
 
Hi

You cannot delete these folders since they are vital to Windows. Are you implying that you do not want ur desktop to be cluttered. You can hide the icons on the desktop by doing the following. Right click on the desktop and in "Arrange Icons" uncheck the option "Show Icons on Desktop". This will not show icons on the desktop

Make sure that you are not using Classic View for the start menu. This will show all icons in the desktop like Windows 2000. Enable XP View and u have a less cluttered desktop

Autocomplete. U can disable autocomplete from Internet Explorer. This will disable autocomplete for the websites and usernames and passwords and also for the items typed in the start | Run item as well as explorer windows

Regard
M. Rajes
..Net and Windows Shell MV
www.winxpsolution.co

----- SAM wrote: ----

Anyone know how to get rid of those EXTREMELY
annoying "My Computer," "My Music," "My eBooks" etc...
folders? They are soooooo annoying and I've tried
everything I can think of from hiding them to deleting
them, but nothing works. Is there actually a way to get
rid of them or will I just have to live with them

Another is: Is there a way to control auto-complete? I
type things in one place and autocomplete fills it in at
other places sometimes. I also want to have control of
what stays in auto-complete and what I can delete from it
to protect my privacy. Is there a way to delete what's
typed in auto-complete and is there a way to set my
options somewhere? Any help is appreciated
 
certainly you can delete most of those if they appear in 'My Documents'
folder..If that is what you are looking at... Also get tweakui utility from
Microsoft page which will allow certain tweaks you might like for XP..
M. Rajesh said:
Hi,

You cannot delete these folders since they are vital to Windows. Are you
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implying that you do not want ur desktop to be cluttered. You can hide the
icons on the desktop by doing the following. Right click on the desktop and
in "Arrange Icons" uncheck the option "Show Icons on Desktop". This will not
show icons on the desktop.
Make sure that you are not using Classic View for the start menu. This
Click to expand...
will show all icons in the desktop like Windows 2000. Enable XP View and u
have a less cluttered desktop.
Autocomplete. U can disable autocomplete from Internet Explorer. This will
Click to expand...
disable autocomplete for the websites and usernames and passwords and also
for the items typed in the start | Run item as well as explorer windows.
 
These folders exist to make saved files that much easier to find.. why are
they so annoying?.. re. auto complete, the choice is simple.. either auto
complete or do it manually..
 
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\Plug_ins
and move the
eBook.api file up into the Optional folder.
Or delete the damn thing like I did.
 
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