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Shared Documents folders Remove from My Computer

Microsoft in their wisdom included one of the most irritating facilities with the inclusion of Shared Documents in My computer

These icons are stuck there and you have to put up with it. Or do you?

This means a trip to the Registry

Registry procedure before making changes

Before you start remember this is dangerous stuff and make a System Restore point before

starting Also double check everything that you do before doing it.

Also make a back‐up of the Registry as follows :‐

Click the Start Menu.> Go to Run.

Type in the box ʺRegeditʺ (Without the quotes), > Press Enter.

Click the ʺRegistryʺ (or ʺFileʺ) menu > Click ʺExport Registry File...ʺ

Now be careful to choose an easy to remember location in which to save the file, and an easy to remember name.

At the bottom of that box, under Export Range, there are 2 buttons,

Click the one that says ʺAllʺ, and then click Save.

You will be sorry if you do not take the time to do the above if something goes dreadfully wrong

Go to Start > Run in the box type “REGEDIT “ ( Without the quotes ) > OK Close the files by clicking on the negatives “‐“ to make them positives “ + “

You now have a minimised Registry from which you can select your route

Go to:‐

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer\ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders



If you see a sub‐key named **{59031a47‐3f72‐44a7‐89c5‐5595fe6b30ee}.**

Delete this, and all of the Shared Documents folders

Which are usually under the group called ʺOther Files Stored on This Computerʺ Will disappear,.

And there is no need to reboot your system

Click My Computer and there they were Gone