McoreD Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Hi All,In Windows XP, it is very easy to disable/enable it using Registry.When you open Windows XP's My Computer System Folder you will usually see a set of folders at the top of the page under the group called Other Files Stored on This Computer. Even on a home PC shared among family members, I haven't found this useful. Certainly not on a work PC. To eliminate the Other Files Stored on This Computer folders you can use the following registry hack:Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFoldersDelegateFolders has a subkey : {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. Once you delete this subkey, all of the Shared Documents folders displayed on My Computer will be gone. Effect of hack is immediate. No reboot needed in XP.Conversly if you add {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} in XP, you get the folders back.Unfortunately this doesn't work in Server 2003, and it already has the key {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}.Has anybody had luck finding how? Thanks,McoreD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjdohnert Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I have been looking for this for a long time as well. Unfortunately, I havent found a shortcut myself, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 ;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]"NoSharedDocuments"="1"Have you tried that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McoreD Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hi gamehead, It worked beautifully in XP but unfortunately not in Server 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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