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Hide My Documents from the Desktop (For All Users).

This setting enables you to hide the "My Documents" from the desktop.

Tweak for : Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

My Documents icon lets you save your valuable text files, reports, images, music, picture files. When it is displayed, you can decide whether this icon should appear first or not. New Start menu makes this icon appear if it is frequently used one.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey “\ShellFolder” does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create a Dword value “Attributes” in the right panel.

Now, right-click and modify its value to “f0500174” which can hide the icon. However, if you want to show the icon back, change the value data to “0” or delete the added value.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Hide My Documents from Desktop.reg

The '.reg' file can hide "My Documents" icon from Desktop.

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Show My Documents from Desktop (Default).reg

The '.reg' file shows "My Documents" icon from Desktop.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

ShellFolder

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\ShellFolder\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Attributes

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

f0500174

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

‘My Documents’ folder is hidden from the Desktop.

‘My Documents’ folder is visible by default on the Desktop.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\] key and create a new key with the name "ShellFolder" under "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}".

Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "Attributes" in "ShellFolder" key.

Next, right-click on "Attributes" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "f0500174" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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