How do I get rid of these stupid ratings junk?

[kartel]

I want to get rid of the rating thing, its p***ing me off.

Anyone know how to disable or remove them forever?

thanks

[oskingen]

Go on the root of the folder and right clic properties > Customize and in the drop down list select 'All items'. you can also check the box 'Also apply this template to all subfolders

[kartel]

Sweet!

Thanks, I will do that to all my drives.

[oskingen]

you can also do that to disable it completely

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Reset and delete all saved folder customizations and settings.
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Turn off Vista auto folder type template discovery. 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Modify the storage space to 10000 for saving of up to 10000 folder settings.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00002710