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  • Removing Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos Folders from Navigation Pane

    October 30, 2015

    Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenApp/XenDesktop 7.0 - 7.7

    For a recent XenApp 7.6 project, the IT Manager wanted no one to have access to various folders shown in the Navigation pane in Explorer, Save or SaveAs dialogs. This article shows how this request was solved.

    Note: This article was updated 28-Feb-2017 with information some people had requested from Alain Assaf. Alain’s updates are at the bottom of this article.

    Updated 2-Dec-2019 with the missing MSDN link for Default Known Folders in Windows.

    The manager wanted the Desktop, Documents and other folders, as shown in Figure 1, removed from under “This PC” for all users for every published resource on every XenApp 7.6 server.

    Figure 1
    Figure 1

    All that should remain is the Local C drive and any mapped drives the user had access to.

    The only way I could find to do this is by deleting data from the registry. Insert standard disclaimer for mucking around in the registry here. Make sure you make a backup of the registry keys involved before implementing these changes.

    I created a group policy with a Computer Startup script. I named my script DeleteFoldersFromNavigationPane.bat which has the following content:

    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641} /f
    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0} /f
    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B} /f
    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE} /f
    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA} /f
    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C} /f
    

    My apologies but I forgot to save the link to the MSDN article that gave the {CLSID} values for the various folders and now I can’t find the article.

    Update 2-Dec-2019: I get a lot of requests for other folders. I finally found the MSDN article.

    Default Known Folders in Windows

    The values for the various folders:

    Desktop:   {B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}
    Documents: {A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}
    Downloads: {374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
    Music:     {1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}
    Pictures:  {3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}
    Videos:    {A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}

    PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP of the following registry key BEFORE using this StartUp script.

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace
    

    Once the group policy and script have been created and linked to the Organizational Unit that contains your XenApp 7.x servers, the folders will be removed for EVERY user as shown in Figure 2.

    Figure 2
    Figure 2

    I could not find a way to make this per user, only per computer. Sorry about that.

    I personally think this is an ugly solution but the only solution I could come up within the time I had.

    Update 28-Feb-2017 by Alain Assaf:

    In order to apply these settings to a Windows 2012 R2 deployment, I did the following.

    I created a User Policy that I applied to all of my W2012R2 XenApp Servers. Within this policy, I created a Registry Collection and added the following registry settings to remove items from the Navigation Pane. You will notice some duplication below. In my environment, I had to hide the regular favorites shortcut along with the Library shortcut. In addition, I found different CLSID values for Music, Pictures, Videos, and Documents so I applied these as well. Note the websites listed in the descriptions below. These sites led me to use a particular registry setting.

     

    Collection HidingItemsNavPane
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Apply once and do not  reapply No

     

    Registry item Hide Network
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Network Location from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/

     

    Registry item Hide Libraries
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Libraries from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/

     

    Registry item Hide Desktop
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Desktop from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Downloads
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Downloads from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Music
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Music Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Pictures
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Pictures Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Videos
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Videos Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Favorites
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Favorites Location from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Music Library
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {2112AB0A-C86A-4FFE-A368-0DE96E47012E}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Music Library Location from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Pictures Library
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {A990AE9F-A03B-4E80-94BC-9912D7504104}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Pictures Library Location from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Videos Library
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {491E922F-5643-4AF4-A7EB-4E7A138D8174}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Videos library Location from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Documents
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Documents Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Documents Library
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {7B0DB17D-9CD2-4A93-9733-46CC89022E7C}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Documents Library Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Music 2
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Music Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Pictures 2
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Music Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Videos 2
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Music Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Registry item Hide Documents 2
    General
    Action Replace
    Properties
    Hive       HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key path   Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
    Value name {A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}
    Value type REG_DWORD
    Value data 0x1 (1)
    Common
    Options
    Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No
    Run in logged-on user’s security context (user policy option) No
    Remove this item when it is no longer applied Yes
    Description Hides Music Folder from Navigation Pane https://carlwebster.com/removing-desktop-documents-downloads-music-pictures-and-videos-folders-from-navigation-pane/ and https://carlwebster.com/removing-the-network-location-from-the-navigation-pane/ and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

     

    Thanks

    Webster







    About Carl Webster

    Webster is a Sr. Solutions Architect for Choice Solutions, LLC and specializes in Citrix, Active Directory and Technical Documentation. Webster has been working with Citrix products for many years starting with Multi-User OS/2 in 1990.

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    15 Responses to “Removing Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos Folders from Navigation Pane”

    1. pi Says:
      November 24, 2019 at 9:25 am

      This works as described. Yet I would actually like to get rid of those folders, such as:
      C:\Users\$USER\Music
      C:\Users\$USER\Pictures
      C:\Users\$USER\Videos

      Any idea? Once deleted, they quickly get automatically recreated.

      pi

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        December 2, 2019 at 11:38 am

        I updated the article with the link to the MSDN article on Known Default Folders in Windows.

        Webster

        Reply

    2. Rob J Says:
      February 20, 2019 at 1:21 pm

      and if you want to also block for Win 10/2016 there are some new GUIDs to NonEnum

      Music – {3dfdf296-dbec-4fb4-81d1-6a3438bcf4de}
      Downloads – {088e3905-0323-4b02-9826-5d99428e115f}
      Pictures – {24ad3ad4-a569-4530-98e1-ab02f9417aa8}
      Videos – {f86fa3ab-70d2-4fc7-9c99-fcbf05467f3a}
      Documents – {d3162b92-9365-467a-956b-92703aca08af}

      Desktop GUID is unchanged…

      Reply

    3. Bob Says:
      October 22, 2018 at 7:54 pm

      Carl,
      Good stuff!
      Quick question. We have these entries in place now and working great, but wanted to bring back one of them, the Favorites. Even after disabling those entries tied to Favorites, they don’t come back. Any ideas?

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        October 23, 2018 at 2:49 pm

        Sorry, I don’t. I haven’t had to deal with this issue in a long time and don’t have anything in my lab I can use to test this scenario out with right now.

        Webster

        Reply

    4. Roni Nuriel Says:
      June 29, 2018 at 8:25 am

      Hello,

      thanks for great post,
      after I hid the desktop folder, users still see the desktop folder from save as….( saving a doc from word)
      any idea how to hide it from there also?

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        July 4, 2018 at 11:28 am

        I sent your query on to fellow CTP James Rankin. Here is what he replied to you directly.

        Please try this.

        First open Registry Editor and browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}

        Get the Permissions on this key, and change the owner to Administrators. Cascade it to all subfolders.

        Now change the permissions for Administrators to Full Control on the key.

        Now go to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}\ShellFolder. There is an Attributes value in here, change it to a hexadecimal value of a0700000

        Now create a file called import.reg file with the following content:

        Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

        ; Remove Desktop From This PC
        [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}]
        [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}]

        Once you have saved the file locally, right-click it and choose Merge

        Once this is done, restart your application and see if the Save AS dialog has changed?

        Thanks, James and Webster

        Reply

    5. Jerry Says:
      April 7, 2017 at 12:37 pm

      I followed the instructions exactly and still get the server favorites, desktop etc icons. This is on a 2012R2 server with RDS installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

      Thanks,
      Jerry

      Reply

    6. Alain Assaf Says:
      February 11, 2016 at 2:35 pm

      Hello Carl,

      I had a need to hide these folders as well and I’m doing it with a Windows 2012 R2 image. Carl, I hope you recall where you got your {CLSID} values, because they work in W2012R2 and not all match the {CLSID} values that are listed in the MSDN article Krystian posted. Only Desktop and Downloads are the same.

      I was able to follow Krystian’s example and use GPO preferences to hide these items using a GPO preferences setting.

      Thanks,
      Alain

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        February 11, 2016 at 2:49 pm

        I did a search on the desktop GUID restricted to site:msdn.microsoft.com and these were the first two hits.

        https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457(v=vs.85).aspx
        https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb882665(v=vs.100).aspx

        Webster

        Reply

      • Alex Says:
        February 24, 2017 at 8:01 am

        Alain,

        Can you share with me exactly how you went about to hide the Desktop, Documents, etc?

        Reply

        • Alain Assaf Says:
          February 24, 2017 at 9:46 am

          Alex,

          I would be happy to. Send me an email at alainassaf [AT] OUTLOOK [DOT] COM and I’ll send you what I did.

          Take care,
          Alain

          Reply

    7. Krystian Skoczylas Says:
      November 24, 2015 at 6:24 am

      These registry entries worked for me per user on Win7/Windows 2008 R2.
      Set the values in GPO Preferences:

      [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]

      for Network:
      “{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}”=dword:00000001

      for Libraries:
      “{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}”=dword:00000001

      And MSDN article with Known Folder IDs:
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

      Best regards,
      Krystian

      Reply

    8. James Rankin Says:
      November 11, 2015 at 8:07 am

      Hi Webster

      I also did a bit of work around the various Libraries and found you could manipulate this per-user with GPOs – not sure if these are still applicable on Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.x though

      http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/customizing-visible-libraries-in.html

      I will revisit this from a Windows 8/Server 2012 perspective as soon as I can.

      Cheers,

      JR

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    9. Timco Hazelaar Says:
      October 31, 2015 at 10:03 am

      Aloha Carl,

      Great post m8, I always use the following tool: WENPCFG, http://www.s-inn.de/blog/post/remove-Libraries-Favorites-in-windows-explorer-navigation-pane.aspx

      Regards,

      Timco Hazelaar
      EUC Computer Architect

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