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