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How to remove Libraries from Win Exp navigation pane
I tried the tutorial for W7 but did not work: The permission changes on ShellFolder could not be done.
I also want to get rid of the Homegroup icon.
Has anyone come up ways to do these?
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I meant that I stumbled at the step 4: I got an error message, "Unable to save permission changes on ShellFolder. Access is denied".
I did not see this message when doing the same on W7. Any suggestion is appreciated. (I have not yet tried the tutorial for removing Homegrope on W8)
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six-Core
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Gigabyte X570 AORUS Ultra 1.1/1.2 BIOS v.F32
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16GBx2 DDR4 3600 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series
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Radeon RX 6500 XT
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Dell UP2720Q
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Yep, in Windows 8 you must
take ownership (
click on this link for how in Windows 8 ) of the
ShellFolder key at step 4 and 9 first to not get that "...Access is denied." message. In Windows 7, you didn't have to, but you do with Windows 8. Afterwards, you should be able to change the permissions, and do the rest of the steps in the tutorial. That's all.
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64-bit Windows 10
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Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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2560x1440
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1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
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Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I merged the reg to add "Take Ownership" in the context menu. Then, I tried right-click on a folder in the Windows Explorer and confirmed that the "Take Ownershit" was added in the context menu. My present problem is that the "Take ownership" is not in the context menu when I attempt to take ownership of the ShellFolder. What could be wrong?
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W10 Pro/W8.1 Pro/ W7 Ult
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six-Core
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Gigabyte X570 AORUS Ultra 1.1/1.2 BIOS v.F32
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16GBx2 DDR4 3600 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series
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Radeon RX 6500 XT
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Dell UP2720Q
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Churin,
For a registry key, you will have to use step 3 in OPTION THREE of the take ownership tutorial above to manually take ownership of it instead.
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Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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2560x1440
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Now I got it about "take ownership".
I could remove the Libraries, but am still having difficulty removing the Homegroup. After rebooting W8 the Homegroup is gone from the Windows Explorer. BUT if I turn on "Show all folders", the Homegroup comes right back on, and stays even after truning off "Show all folders"..
I could remove the Homegroup from W7x64. So I double checked the registry settings at the two locations but could not find anything wrong.
I am wondering what I did wrong?
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six-Core
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Gigabyte X570 AORUS Ultra 1.1/1.2 BIOS v.F32
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Radeon RX 6500 XT
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Dell UP2720Q
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3840 x 2160
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1TB SATA SSD(OS) SSung 870 EVO, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD(OS) SSung 970 EVO Plus, 4TB SATA SSD(Data)
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Corsair RM650 650W
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After searching the registy for all entries for the Homegroup GUID key number, it appears that there was a slight change made with the Homegroup one in Windows 8 that needs to also be done in addition to the Windows 7
tutorial . Since you already did the tutorial, you would only need to do what's below for the change.
If you go to the registry location below, they added a
BlockNewFile string value in the right pane of the
ShellFolder key there. If you right click on the
BlockNewFile string value, click on
Delete and
Yes to approve, and restart the computer, then Homegroup should be gone afterwards.
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}\ShellFolder
That was a fun to figure out. Hope it works for you as well.
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64-bit Windows 10
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Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
No luck. Did not work. I double checked the reg and the BlockNewFile is definitely no longer there.
Any further suggestion is appreciated.
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W10 Pro/W8.1 Pro/ W7 Ult
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Self Built
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six-Core
Motherboard
Gigabyte X570 AORUS Ultra 1.1/1.2 BIOS v.F32
Memory
16GBx2 DDR4 3600 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Sound Card
-
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UP2720Q
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
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1TB SATA SSD(OS) SSung 870 EVO, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD(OS) SSung 970 EVO Plus, 4TB SATA SSD(Data)
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Corsair RM650 650W
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Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler
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Churin,
Perhaps you may have more than one
BlockNewFile string value entry.
Use the
Find and Find Next option in regedit to search for all
{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93} key entries in the left pane of regedit, then see if it's subkey
ShellFolder has a
BlockNewFile string value in the right pane like in the screenshot above. If it does, then delete the
BlockNewFile string value.
OS
64-bit Windows 10
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Custom self built
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
PSU
OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
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Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 3
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Browser
Internet Explorer 11
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Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
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Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I found one more place where the subkey ShellFolder has a BlockNewFile string value, and which I delted. But the Homegroup still showed up.
I checked the Attritutes data by passing and confirmed they were all modified to b094010c.
OS
W10 Pro/W8.1 Pro/ W7 Ult
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PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Self Built
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six-Core
Motherboard
Gigabyte X570 AORUS Ultra 1.1/1.2 BIOS v.F32
Memory
16GBx2 DDR4 3600 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Sound Card
-
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UP2720Q
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
1TB SATA SSD(OS) SSung 870 EVO, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD(OS) SSung 970 EVO Plus, 4TB SATA SSD(Data)
PSU
Corsair RM650 650W
Case
Fractal Design Focus G Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, FD-CA-FOCUS-BK-W
Cooling
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler
Keyboard
DURGOD TAURUS K320 Mechanical Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft Model 1049
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600Mbps/25Mbps
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Firefox & IE
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender
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Did you make sure that all of them didn't have it, and restarted afterwards?
If so, then I'm not sure what else it may be yet.
OS
64-bit Windows 10
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom self built
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
PSU
OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 3
Internet Speed
1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I have just double checked and all of them did not have it. I restarted after that.
Thank you for trying to help me.
OS
W10 Pro/W8.1 Pro/ W7 Ult
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Self Built
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six-Core
Motherboard
Gigabyte X570 AORUS Ultra 1.1/1.2 BIOS v.F32
Memory
16GBx2 DDR4 3600 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Sound Card
-
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UP2720Q
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
1TB SATA SSD(OS) SSung 870 EVO, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD(OS) SSung 970 EVO Plus, 4TB SATA SSD(Data)
PSU
Corsair RM650 650W
Case
Fractal Design Focus G Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, FD-CA-FOCUS-BK-W
Cooling
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler
Keyboard
DURGOD TAURUS K320 Mechanical Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft Model 1049
Internet Speed
600Mbps/25Mbps
Browser
Firefox & IE
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender
Other Info
ICY DOCK 4 x 2.5 SSD to 5.25 Drive Bay - ExpressCage MR324SP-B
ICY DOCK M.2 NVMe Mobile Rack for External 3.5" Bay - MB834M2K-B
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No problem. Hopefully we'll get it worked out after some more testing.
Probably just in time for a beta release with all of this changed again, and we'll have to start over.
OS
64-bit Windows 10
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom self built
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
PSU
OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 3
Internet Speed
1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone