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**rsvr85** · 11-07-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by DeathAngel

Hi, everyone.

Heres how to remove the "Favorites" folder in tree-view of Windows Explorer:

1. Open regedit and go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}\ShellFolder]
2. Right click and go to "Permissions" and allow your user/userclass full control of the folder.
3. In "ShellFolder" go to 'Attributes' and change the value from 0xa9000100 > 0xa9400100.
4. Leave regedit.
5. Reboot your machine. If everything is done correctly "Favorites" should now be disabled completely when your system is rebooted.
6. Enjoy life without the annoyance that was the "Favorite" folder.

Hope this helps

- Anders

In step 3. My attribute hex value data is a0900100

11-07-2009	#8 (permalink)
rsvr85 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 1,087 posts C:\Users\Home	Quote: Originally Posted by DeathAngel Hi, everyone. Heres how to remove the "Favorites" folder in tree-view of Windows Explorer: 1. Open regedit and go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}\ShellFolder] 2. Right click and go to "Permissions" and allow your user/userclass full control of the folder. 3. In "ShellFolder" go to 'Attributes' and change the value from 0xa9000100 > 0xa9400100. 4. Leave regedit. 5. Reboot your machine. If everything is done correctly "Favorites" should now be disabled completely when your system is rebooted. 6. Enjoy life without the annoyance that was the "Favorite" folder. Hope this helps - Anders In step 3. My attribute hex value data is a0900100
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