A Tweak to Hide Vista’s Public Folder

Hide your Windows Vista Public Folder

• Click The Start Orb
• On the Run or Search Field, Type Regedit
• Upon Launching Regedit, Navigate to this key

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer \HideDesktopIcons

• Also Check that \HideDesktopIcons has two subfolders
• - - ClassicStartMenu (Controls non-Aero themes)
• - - NewStartPanel (Controls Aero Graphics)
• - - Registry HideDesktopIcons
• If a dword called {4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b} exists in NewStartPanel, then simply change its value to hexadecimal.
• If there is no dword called {4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b} exists in NewStartPanel, then create one
  With NewStartPanel in the left pane, right-click in the right pane, select New, then DWORD 32-bit, name the value: {4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b} (Add the Curly brackets too)
• - - To hide the Public folder on the desktop, set the dword value = 1.
• - - To display the folder set the dword = 0.

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