Hiding Shared Documents

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Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James
 
James,

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths

Backup the registry first, by exporting the appropriate keys you modify.

Rename the DocFolderPaths to Old_DocFolderPaths. This removes the shortcuts to user's documents in the My Computer "Files Stored on This Computer" section. To remove the Shared Documents from the list, try this:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1220/

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James
 
Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James
Click to expand...

There is a setting in TweakUI for XP that enables/disables displaying
"Files stored on this computer." Unchecking the box for this setting
removes the display of the folders you have listed.

TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP.

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
 
This is better. Do you see any other changes other than these keys, Sharon?

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSharedDocuments
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage\ProgramsCache

Or, how does it work actually (hiding the "files stored" section)?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
---------------------------------------
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
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Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James
Click to expand...

There is a setting in TweakUI for XP that enables/disables displaying
"Files stored on this computer." Unchecking the box for this setting
removes the display of the folders you have listed.

TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP.

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
 
Cool. NoSharedDocuments to '1' itself works fine. :-)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
---------------------------------------
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
---------------------------------------


This is better. Do you see any other changes other than these keys, Sharon?

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSharedDocuments
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage\ProgramsCache

Or, how does it work actually (hiding the "files stored" section)?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
---------------------------------------
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
---------------------------------------


Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James
Click to expand...

There is a setting in TweakUI for XP that enables/disables displaying
"Files stored on this computer." Unchecking the box for this setting
removes the display of the folders you have listed.

TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP.

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
 
The second procedure itself is enough. NoSharedDocuments to 1.

Or, use TweakUI (Sharon's post)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
---------------------------------------
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
---------------------------------------


James,

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths

Backup the registry first, by exporting the appropriate keys you modify.

Rename the DocFolderPaths to Old_DocFolderPaths. This removes the shortcuts to user's documents in the My Computer "Files Stored on This Computer" section. To remove the Shared Documents from the list, try this:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1220/

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
---------------------------------------
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
---------------------------------------


Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James
 
Cool. NoSharedDocuments to '1' itself works fine. :-)
Click to expand...

Looks like you've already played with this while I was off cleaning out my
desk drawers. :)

Before I networked my tablet to the desktop, I used the TweakUI setting.
Didn't like all that extra info in Explorer/My Computer. With the network,
I've reversed the setting again.
 
Creating a new DWORD worked. Thanks. But I thought
there was a setting in xp somewhere that hides the folders,
I must have been mistaken.

Thanks again,
James
 
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