Public folders

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Can public folders be disabled? This my home PC and I'm running Home
Premium. Nobody else uses this PC and its not on a network. So, the concept
of public folders is irrelevant for me. I found that some programs I
installed placed files in my public folders. And, when I remove them, my
program no longer works.

And, there's this little public folders icon in my task bar that's taking up
space and I'd like to remove it.
 
Actually, the public folders icon is in my task bar, near the clock. I
already have too many icons there and would like to get rid of those I don't
need.
 
silverbob said:
Actually, the public folders icon is in my task bar, near the clock. I
already have too many icons there and would like to get rid of those I
don't
need.
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Right click taskbar>Properties>Customize>Hide
 
Everything here is set to "hide when minimized" and Public Folders is not
even in the list.
 
This tutorial only enables or disables network sharing. It doesn't prevent
users on the same machine from accessing the folders, nor does it make the
icon go away. My setting was already disabled.
 
Well, I finally got rid of the Public Folders icon in my task bar. How?
First I disabled the Desktop toolbar, which made the Public Folders icon go
away as well. When I re-enabled the Desktop toolbar. The PF icon didn't
come back. I'll have to wait and see if it stays this way.
 
If you want to remove the Public folder that shows under the Desktop in the
Folder Navigation Pane in Explorer, delete the following registry key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}]
 
The only other thing I can think of is to navigate to the folder, right
click>properties and put a tick mark at "hidden".
 
Good stuff.
Is there a way to disable it instead of delete?
What if at some point I would like to reenable it without remembering the
complete line.

Thanks.

Keith Miller (MVP) said:
If you want to remove the Public folder that shows under the Desktop in the
Folder Navigation Pane in Explorer, delete the following registry key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}]


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



silverbob said:
Can public folders be disabled? This my home PC and I'm running Home
Premium. Nobody else uses this PC and its not on a network. So, the
concept
of public folders is irrelevant for me. I found that some programs I
installed placed files in my public folders. And, when I remove them, my
program no longer works.

And, there's this little public folders icon in my task bar that's taking
up
space and I'd like to remove it.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Export the key and save the .reg file. If you want to reenable it, merge
the regfile.

Bear in mind this only removes Public from the Desktop namespace. The
folder remains in the Users folder.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



2.4ghz.donnie said:
Good stuff.
Is there a way to disable it instead of delete?
What if at some point I would like to reenable it without remembering the
complete line.

Thanks.

Keith Miller (MVP) said:
If you want to remove the Public folder that shows under the Desktop in
the
Folder Navigation Pane in Explorer, delete the following registry key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}]


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



silverbob said:
Can public folders be disabled? This my home PC and I'm running Home
Premium. Nobody else uses this PC and its not on a network. So, the
concept
of public folders is irrelevant for me. I found that some programs I
installed placed files in my public folders. And, when I remove them,
my
program no longer works.

And, there's this little public folders icon in my task bar that's
taking
up
space and I'd like to remove it.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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