Hiding Shared Documents

[JamesJ]

Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James

[Ramesh [MVP]]

James,

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Doc=
FolderPaths

Backup the registry first, by exporting the appropriate keys you modify.

Rename the DocFolderPaths to Old_DocFolderPaths. This removes the =
shortcuts to user's documents in the My Computer "Files Stored on This =
Computer" section. To remove the Shared Documents from the list, try =
this:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1220/

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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"JamesJ" > wrote in message =
...
Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
in My Computer??

Thanks,
James

[Sharon F]

On Sat, 15 May 2004 09:05:36 -0400, JamesJ wrote:

> Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" Documents
> in My Computer??
>
> Thanks,
> James

There is a setting in TweakUI for XP that enables/disables displaying
"Files stored on this computer." Unchecking the box for this setting
removes the display of the folders you have listed.

TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP.

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe


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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[Ramesh [MVP]]

This is better. Do you see any other changes other than these keys, =
Sharon?

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer\NoShared=
Documents
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\StartPage\Program=
sCache

Or, how does it work actually (hiding the "files stored" section)?

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:=20
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
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"Sharon F" > wrote in message =
...
On Sat, 15 May 2004 09:05:36 -0400, JamesJ wrote:

> Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" =
Documents
> in My Computer??
>=20
> Thanks,
> James

There is a setting in TweakUI for XP that enables/disables displaying
"Files stored on this computer." Unchecking the box for this setting
removes the display of the folders you have listed.=20

TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP.=20

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/Tweak=
UiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839a=
fb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe


--=20
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Cool. NoSharedDocuments to '1' itself works fine. :-)

--=20
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:=20
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
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"Ramesh [MVP]" > wrote in message =
...
This is better. Do you see any other changes other than these keys, =
Sharon?

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer\NoShared=
Documents
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\StartPage\Program=
sCache

Or, how does it work actually (hiding the "files stored" section)?

--=20
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
---------------------------------------
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:=20
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
---------------------------------------


"Sharon F" > wrote in message =
...
On Sat, 15 May 2004 09:05:36 -0400, JamesJ wrote:

> Hi. Is there a way to hide Shared Documents and the "UserName" =
Documents
> in My Computer??
>=20
> Thanks,
> James

There is a setting in TweakUI for XP that enables/disables displaying
"Files stored on this computer." Unchecking the box for this setting
removes the display of the folders you have listed.=20

TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP.=20

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/Tweak=
UiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839a=
fb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe


--=20
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 16 May 2004 00:18:09 +0530, Ramesh [MVP] wrote:

> Cool. NoSharedDocuments to '1' itself works fine. :-)

Looks like you've already played with this while I was off cleaning out my
desk drawers. :)

Before I networked my tablet to the desktop, I used the TweakUI setting.
Didn't like all that extra info in Explorer/My Computer. With the network,
I've reversed the setting again.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[JamesJ]

Creating a new DWORD worked. Thanks. But I thought
there was a setting in xp somewhere that hides the folders,
I must have been mistaken.

Thanks again,
James

"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 16 May 2004 00:18:09 +0530, Ramesh [MVP] wrote:
>
> > Cool. NoSharedDocuments to '1' itself works fine. :-)
>
> Looks like you've already played with this while I was off cleaning out my
> desk drawers. :)
>
> Before I networked my tablet to the desktop, I used the TweakUI setting.
> Didn't like all that extra info in Explorer/My Computer. With the network,
> I've reversed the setting again.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User