In the left side of it lies the Navigation Pane that accommodates several items for easy access from the user. But, it might be cumbersome to some users as some of those items may not be referenced frequently. So it could be better to hide some for simplicity's sake. But none of them could be removed from the pane on the spot and they should not be for security's sake.
So here goes the details on how to do it via Windows Registry,:
Warning:
Making wrong changes in Windows Registry could result in a huge system fault. So it must be treated with great care when editing any value inside it. You (the reader) have been warned.
Specifics :
- Right-click on Start Button then click [Run] item to launch Run dialog box. Enter regedit to run Registry Editor:
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Move to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}.
Select Shell Folder under it. -
Try changing the value of Attributes in the right pane:
From a0900100 to a9400100 :
- It denies the change displaying the following message which is related to privileges and read/write permissions.
- Time to change the permissions/privileges.
Right-click on the Shell Folder then choose Permissions... item to invoke Permission Properties dialog box :
- Check Full Control item for Allow field then click [OK] to apply the change. But another error like the following occurs here too:
- Click Add... button of the Permissions dialog box to invoke User or Group choice dialog box to add the current user to a privileged group :
Then click Advanced... to invoke its detailed box to find the current user of the PC.
- Click Find Now to find the current user.
Choose the current user from the found results then click [OK] to apply the change. - Click [OK] again here.
- Applying the changes here still does not work here. Some more have to be done here :
Click [Advanced] button here to invoke Advanced Security Settings dialog box. - Click Change to change the Owner of the ShellFolder item :
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Find again here for the current user as has been done above. And finally click [OK] to apply the change.
- Click [OK] again here :
- Check the current user has been added to the Permission entries then click [OK] button to apply the change.
- Now choose the current user from the Group or user name: field and check again the Full control to grant full control to the current user :
Finally click [OK] to finish the permission-related job. - Now the Attributes value can change :
- The Windows Explorer Navigation Pane looks like the following after all :
Done!
Libraries could also be removed the same way as above if its CLSID is known :
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\ShellFolder
Remove : b090010dGood luck, and have fun!
Restore : b080010d
EOD
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