Prevent display of My Documents icon on desktop (For Current User).
You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the Desktop. Through this setting you can hide the My Documents icon from Desktop.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The thought of clutter-free desktop since windows xp, present recycle bin as the only icon on the desktop. You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the desktop. To allow using the icons available with old systems, windows provides new start menu, which shows some of the common icons in its 2-panel display. However, if you switch to classic start menu style, all the old icons are displayed by default. Through this setting you can hide the my documents icon, if displayed on your desktop. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the dword value {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}, in the right panel, to 1 which can hide my documents icon on desktop. However, if you show the icon again, change the value data to 0 or delete the value. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: the restrictions will apply only when you use new start menu display. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
The thought of clutter-free desktop since windows xp, present recycle bin as the only icon on the desktop. You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the desktop. To allow using the icons available with old systems, windows provides new start menu, which shows some of the common icons in its 2-panel display. However, if you switch to classic start menu style, all the old icons are displayed by default. Through this setting you can hide the my documents icon, if displayed on your desktop. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the dword value {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}, in the right panel, to 1 which can hide my documents icon on desktop. However, if you show the icon again, change the value data to 0 or delete the value. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: the restrictions will apply only when you use new start menu display. 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_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\] </b> and right-click on the DWORD value '{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}' and select 'Modify'.
Finally, set the 'Value Data' to '1' in the textbox provided and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Modified
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