Show/Hide shared folders of all user accounts.

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This is a setting to show/hide the shared folders of all user accounts under My Computer/Windows Explorer section.
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Description:
Shared documents can be accessed by different users of a computer. Normally, these documents are stored in shared folders. The user must have the proper rights to access these folders. The setting provided below can show shared folders of different users in my computer or windows explorer section. However, to hide the shared folders, delete the entry from the registry. To show the shared folders, you have to make changes in the registry. Go to start > run and enter "regedit". Now, search for the key given below. If it does not exist, create it. The changes will take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\]</b> and create a new key as "DelegateFolders".
Third, create a subkey under "DelegateFolders" as "{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}".
Finally, shared folders of all user accounts will be displayed in 'My Computer'.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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