deleting folders in my documents

i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

You can't delete or rename System folders: the folder you want to change are
such.

Get a users gide to XP and understand the way to use this Operating System,
you'll be happier working WITH it than working AGAINST it.

"darren" wrote:

i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

These are not typical folders. They are system folders. Leave them be.

"darren" wrote in message
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i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

For the My eBooks part:

Description of My eBooks folder and it's removal instructions:=20
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/myebooks.htm

Courtesy of Wesley Vogel, MVP.

--=20
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Using ToolbarCop to remove the unwanted Toolband, Toolbar Icons and BHO: =

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

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i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks =20
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even=20
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I=20
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues=20
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to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising=20
since this is exactly where you want to control what you=20
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder=20
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with=20
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get=20
rid of these things? thanks.

"darren" wrote in news:1d4901c4bed0
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i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

Aha, another that can't stand the whole 'My' folders thing !!!

I searched for a solution for this for so long and finally found it. Those
folders are not system folders. They are created by a windows dll.

From the start menu - run, type in:

regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll

Press return, this will unregister that dll file. No more 'My' folders.

If for any reason you want to undo this, just run the same command w/o the
/u.

Regards,

DanS

And just where do you find mydoc.dll? In the C:\windows\system folder, that
where.

Now if a program in the system folder generates folders, doesn't that make
them system folders?

"DanS" wrote in message
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"darren" wrote in news:1d4901c4bed0
:

i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

Aha, another that can't stand the whole 'My' folders thing !!!

I searched for a solution for this for so long and finally found it. Those
folders are not system folders. They are created by a windows dll.

From the start menu - run, type in:

regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll

Press return, this will unregister that dll file. No more 'My' folders.

If for any reason you want to undo this, just run the same command w/o the
/u.

Regards,

DanS

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in
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And just where do you find mydoc.dll? In the C:\windows\system
folder, that where.

Now if a program in the system folder generates folders, doesn't that
make them system folders?


Not in my opinion. It's not a program, it's only a dll, a library. The
folders it's creates are not required for Windows to run. The MyEbooks,
which I didn't notice in the OP, is actually ctreated by Abode Acrobat, so
that is definately not a system folder. I did need a tip on a webpage on
how to stop that from being regenerated also. I don't recall if that one is
also taken care of by unregistering mydocs.dll.


Regards,

DanS





"DanS" wrote in message
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"darren" wrote in
news:1d4901c4bed0 :

i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

Aha, another that can't stand the whole 'My' folders thing !!!

I searched for a solution for this for so long and finally found it.
Those folders are not system folders. They are created by a windows
dll.

From the start menu - run, type in:

regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll

Press return, this will unregister that dll file. No more 'My'
folders.

If for any reason you want to undo this, just run the same command
w/o the /u.

Regards,

DanS