Tweak Library – Show/Hide shared folders of all user accounts.

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Show/Hide shared folders of all user accounts.

This is a setting to show/hide the shared folders of all user accounts under My Computer/Windows Explorer section.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003

Description:

Shared documents can be accessed by different users of a computer. Normally, these documents are stored in shared folders. The user must have the proper rights to access these folders. The setting provided below can show shared folders of different users in My Computer or Windows Explorer section. However, to hide the shared folders, delete the entry from the registry.

To show the shared folders, you have to make changes in the registry. Go to Start > Run and enter "regedit". Now, search for the key given below. If it does not exist, create it.

The changes will take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Hide shared folders of all user accounts (Default).reg

The '.reg' file can hide shared folders of all user accounts.

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Show shared folders of all user accounts.reg

The '.reg' file can show shared folders of all user accounts.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

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

Display shared folders of all user accounts of a computer.

Hide shared folders of all user accounts of a computer.

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

Second, go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\] and create a new key as "DelegateFolders".

Third, create a subkey under "DelegateFolders" as "{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}".

Finally, shared folders of all user accounts will be displayed in 'My Computer'.