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Remove 6 Extra Folders from Windows 10 Explorer “This PC”
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<blockquote data-quote="BoraMurdar" data-source="post: 419360" data-attributes="member: 2291"><p>Now <strong>Windows 10</strong> has been released and it also comes with the same "This PC" window and 6 annoying folders. Unfortunately the old trick to get rid of these 6 folders which we shared for Windows 8.1, doesn't work in Windows 10.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Extra_Folders_Windows_10_This_PC.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Its happening because Microsoft has changed the Registry keys and CLSIDs in Windows 10, that's why the old Registry script to remove those 6 folders is not applicable to Windows 10.</p><p></p><p>I investigated and looked into Windows 10 Registry Editor and finally found a way to remove those 6 folders. Though it took a bit time in finding those Registry keys.</p><p></p><p>Now in Windows 10, Microsoft is using a new string "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" in Registry to show or hide items in "This PC" window. If the string value is set to "<strong>Show</strong>", that particular item is shown in "This PC" window and if the string value is set to "<strong>Hide</strong>", that item is not shown in "This PC" window.</p><p></p><p>So we just need to change the value of "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" to "<strong>Hide</strong>" for all 6 folders CLSID in Registry and they will immediately disappear from "This PC" window.</p><p></p><p>If you also want to remove those extra and annoying 6 folders from Windows 10 "This PC" window, check out following simple steps:</p><p></p><p><strong>1.</strong> Press <strong>WIN+R</strong> keys together to open RUN dialog box. You can also open it from WIN+X menu. Now type <strong>regedit</strong> in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open <strong>Registry Editor</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>2.</strong> Now go to following keys one by one:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]For Pictures folder:</p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{0ddd015d-b06c-45d5-8c4c-f59713854639}\PropertyBag</p><p></p><p>For Videos folder:</p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{35286a68-3c57-41a1-bbb1-0eae73d76c95}\PropertyBag</p><p></p><p>For Downloads folder:</p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{7d83ee9b-2244-4e70-b1f5-5393042af1e4}\PropertyBag</p><p></p><p>For Music folder:</p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{a0c69a99-21c8-4671-8703-7934162fcf1d}\PropertyBag</p><p></p><p>For Desktop folder:</p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}\PropertyBag</p><p></p><p>For Documents folder:</p><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756}\PropertyBag[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>and change value of "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" string to <strong>Hide</strong> in each key.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Hide_This_PC_Folders_Windows_10_Registry.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>NOTE:</strong> All above mentioned keys contain "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" string except "<strong>{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}</strong>" key which is responsible for <strong>Desktop</strong> folder. So you'll need to manually create new string "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" and set its value to <strong>Hide</strong> for this key.</p><p></p><p><strong>3.</strong> That's it. Now open "This PC" window and you'll no longer see those extra 6 folders.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/No_Extra_Folders_Windows_10_This_PC.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>PS:</strong> There is another easier way to change value of "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" string to <strong>Hide</strong> for all keys. Open Registry Editor, press <strong>Ctrl+F</strong> keys together to launch Find dialog box. Now type<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong> and press Enter key. It'll go to the first key which contains this string. Now just change value of "<strong>ThisPCPolicy</strong>" string to <strong>Hide</strong> and then press <strong>F3</strong> key to go to the next key containing the string. Again change value of the string to <strong>Hide</strong> for that key and press F3 key. Repeat these steps until you get "<strong>Finished searching through the registry</strong>" message. That's it, you are done.</p><p></p><p><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you don't want to manually change keys and values in Registry, you can download following ready-made registry script to do the task automatically. Just download ZIP file, extract it using <a href="http://www.askvg.com/7-zip-free-and-open-source-file-archive-utility-for-windows-and-linux/" target="_blank">7-Zip</a> or any other file archive software and you'll get 2 .REG files to hide or show these 6 folders in Windows 10 "This PC" window:</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://media.askvg.com/downloads/2015/08/Remove-6-Extra-Folders-from-Windows-10-This-PC.zip" target="_blank">Download Registry Script to Remove 6 Extra Folders from Windows 10 This PC</a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>BONUS TIP:</strong></p><p></p><p>If you noticed in the second screenshot, a DWORD "<strong>NoCustomize</strong>" is set to <strong>1</strong> for Desktop folder. This DWORD shows or hides "<strong>Customize This Folder</strong>" option in context menu of that particular folder. In other words, when you right-click in empty area of Desktop folder, you'll not get "Customize This Folder" option as its set to hidden using "NoCustomize" DWORD in Registry. You can set its value to <strong>0</strong> and the option "Customize This Folder" will be enabled in Desktop folder context menu. You can use this tip to show or hide the option for other folders as well.</p><p><a href="http://www.askvg.com/tip-remove-6-extra-folders-from-windows-10-explorer-this-pc/" target="_blank">Thanks to AskVG</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoraMurdar, post: 419360, member: 2291"] Now [B]Windows 10[/B] has been released and it also comes with the same "This PC" window and 6 annoying folders. Unfortunately the old trick to get rid of these 6 folders which we shared for Windows 8.1, doesn't work in Windows 10. [IMG]http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Extra_Folders_Windows_10_This_PC.png[/IMG] Its happening because Microsoft has changed the Registry keys and CLSIDs in Windows 10, that's why the old Registry script to remove those 6 folders is not applicable to Windows 10. I investigated and looked into Windows 10 Registry Editor and finally found a way to remove those 6 folders. Though it took a bit time in finding those Registry keys. Now in Windows 10, Microsoft is using a new string "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" in Registry to show or hide items in "This PC" window. If the string value is set to "[B]Show[/B]", that particular item is shown in "This PC" window and if the string value is set to "[B]Hide[/B]", that item is not shown in "This PC" window. So we just need to change the value of "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" to "[B]Hide[/B]" for all 6 folders CLSID in Registry and they will immediately disappear from "This PC" window. If you also want to remove those extra and annoying 6 folders from Windows 10 "This PC" window, check out following simple steps: [B]1.[/B] Press [B]WIN+R[/B] keys together to open RUN dialog box. You can also open it from WIN+X menu. Now type [B]regedit[/B] in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open [B]Registry Editor[/B]. [B]2.[/B] Now go to following keys one by one: [CODE]For Pictures folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{0ddd015d-b06c-45d5-8c4c-f59713854639}\PropertyBag For Videos folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{35286a68-3c57-41a1-bbb1-0eae73d76c95}\PropertyBag For Downloads folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{7d83ee9b-2244-4e70-b1f5-5393042af1e4}\PropertyBag For Music folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{a0c69a99-21c8-4671-8703-7934162fcf1d}\PropertyBag For Desktop folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}\PropertyBag For Documents folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ FolderDescriptions\{f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756}\PropertyBag[/CODE] and change value of "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" string to [B]Hide[/B] in each key. [IMG]http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Hide_This_PC_Folders_Windows_10_Registry.png[/IMG] [B]NOTE:[/B] All above mentioned keys contain "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" string except "[B]{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}[/B]" key which is responsible for [B]Desktop[/B] folder. So you'll need to manually create new string "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" and set its value to [B]Hide[/B] for this key. [B]3.[/B] That's it. Now open "This PC" window and you'll no longer see those extra 6 folders. [IMG]http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/No_Extra_Folders_Windows_10_This_PC.png[/IMG] [B]PS:[/B] There is another easier way to change value of "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" string to [B]Hide[/B] for all keys. Open Registry Editor, press [B]Ctrl+F[/B] keys together to launch Find dialog box. Now type[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B] and press Enter key. It'll go to the first key which contains this string. Now just change value of "[B]ThisPCPolicy[/B]" string to [B]Hide[/B] and then press [B]F3[/B] key to go to the next key containing the string. Again change value of the string to [B]Hide[/B] for that key and press F3 key. Repeat these steps until you get "[B]Finished searching through the registry[/B]" message. That's it, you are done. [B]NOTE:[/B] If you don't want to manually change keys and values in Registry, you can download following ready-made registry script to do the task automatically. Just download ZIP file, extract it using [URL='http://www.askvg.com/7-zip-free-and-open-source-file-archive-utility-for-windows-and-linux/']7-Zip[/URL] or any other file archive software and you'll get 2 .REG files to hide or show these 6 folders in Windows 10 "This PC" window: [B][URL='http://media.askvg.com/downloads/2015/08/Remove-6-Extra-Folders-from-Windows-10-This-PC.zip']Download Registry Script to Remove 6 Extra Folders from Windows 10 This PC[/URL][/B] [B]BONUS TIP:[/B] If you noticed in the second screenshot, a DWORD "[B]NoCustomize[/B]" is set to [B]1[/B] for Desktop folder. This DWORD shows or hides "[B]Customize This Folder[/B]" option in context menu of that particular folder. In other words, when you right-click in empty area of Desktop folder, you'll not get "Customize This Folder" option as its set to hidden using "NoCustomize" DWORD in Registry. You can set its value to [B]0[/B] and the option "Customize This Folder" will be enabled in Desktop folder context menu. You can use this tip to show or hide the option for other folders as well. [URL='http://www.askvg.com/tip-remove-6-extra-folders-from-windows-10-explorer-this-pc/']Thanks to AskVG[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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