Whenever you open My Computer in Windows, you see a few extra items like Web Folders, My Sharing Folders, Nokia PC Suite folder, etc. Actually they are installed by some software like Nokia PC Suite, Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Forntpage, etc.
Sometimes we want to remove them to make the My Comp0uter window clean but we can’t find any way to remove them.
So here I’ll tell you a very simple way to remove them easily and permanently:
1. Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace
2. Under this key, you’ll see a few keys having name in following format:
{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
3. These keys represents those My Computer items. If you select any key, you can see its description in right-side pane.
4. So delete your desired key and it’ll remove the unwanted item from My Computer window.
5. Following are the keys for My Sharing Folders and Web Folders:
My Sharing Folders - {FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D}
Web Folders - {BDEADF00-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}
Printers & Faxes - {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Network Connections - {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
Administrative Tools - {D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153}
Fonts - {D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524152}
Scheduled Tasks - {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Recycle Bin - {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
BONUS TIP: You can use the same method to add your desired items in My Computer window. Just goto the registry key mentioned in point 1 and add a new key having name mentioned in point 5.
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Paolo said:
Also, you can try TweakUI, opening it and going to the My Computer tab. You can make amazing things with this program.
VG said:
^^ Indeed. TweakUI is a great tool. Thanks for pointing it out.
netbox said:
Does TweakUI supports Windows Vista?
coz i use it a lot on my XP before..
by the way, very very informative site u have here @ VG .. Keep up bro!
VG said:
^^ You can run TweakUI in compatibility mode in Windows Vista and thanks for your comments.
Evil_KNevil said:
Well i have a question that nothing relates to this but
Anyway how can i get a Window from My Computer like that?
Its SUBERB MEN :O
(For XP :P)
Do you user your best buddy ResHacker?
Can explain to me witch dll you hacked?
Thx u in advise
VG said:
^^ Its a screenshot of my Windows Vista with AeroVG theme which you can find in following section:
http://www.askvg.com/category/vista-themes/
Evil_KNevil said:
I use your AeroVG i know it xD
I was wondering if it is possible to use that in XP but i’m guessing not
Anyway Thx
One more question if you can help me
How can i put the icons from Vista on XP?
I edited the shell32.dll of XP and beginning to put the Vista Icons but it erases the icon and put in in another group :s
Its possible to make in the the ResHacker?
(Btw i use one of your toturials :P)
VG said:
^^ You can use my VistaVG icon pack to change XP icons into Vista icons.