How to Remove Nokia PC Suite Folder, Web Folders, My Sharing Folders or Other Unwanted Items from My Computer?

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 Computer 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. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

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.

Also check:

[AIO] Ultimate Tutorial to Customize My Computer Context Menu in Windows XP, Vista and 7

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This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

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