Re: Delete Top-Level folders in Windows Explorer
From: George (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/12/03
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:52:48 -0800
Roger,
Thanks for your input.
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I have been away.
George
>-----Original Message-----
>I am not an XP Home user, so not too sure about the shares
>you see as Shared xxxx,
>but, of the profiles within Documents and Settings these
are
>for the defined accounts.
>If you no longer have an Owner account this one might be
>deleted. However, be aware that if the account that once
>was name Owner has been renamed, then this is still its
>profile. All of the others are needed.
>Default User is used to generate a new profile
>All Users is what is available to all accounts
>Guest - well, it is for the Guest account
>Administrator is for the built-in adm account
>
>--
>Roger Abell
>Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
>MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
>"George" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:013c01c3bdb2$879c9480$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> The top-level folders in XP are more numerous than those
in
>> 98, and I don't want some that I think are unnecessary
>> cluttering up my view in Windows Explorer.
>>
>> Examples: Under "My Computer", there is "Shared
Documents",
>> "Guest's Document's" and a duplicate folder, "[UserName]
>> Documents" that has the exact same content as the "My
>> Documents" folder under my "[UserName]" folder in
>> "Documents and Settings" -- why the heck is this here,
>> anyway?!!. None of these do I need or want.
>>
>> Under C\Documents and Settings, there is "All Users",
>> "Guest", "Administrator", "Default User", and "Owner",
in
>> addition to my "[UserName]" folder which of course I
want
>> to keep. Now maybe one or two of these are necessary
for
>> some technical reason, but I can't believe that it's
really
>> necessary to have all five of them in addition to my
>> "[UserName]" folder.
>>
>> I have XP Home, am the only user of the PC, and have
>> Administrator permissions by default.
>>
>> Are there some Registry keys that can be changed or
deleted
>> to remove these top-level folders from the view in
Explorer
>> without compromising the system? Or any other method?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> George
>>
>>
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