How to Add or Remove Your User Folder on Navigation Pane in Windows 8 and 8.1

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove your User Folder as a separate group on the navigation pane of File Explorer in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1.
This will only add or remove your user profile folder (C:\Users\User-Name) as a separate group when Show all folders is unchecked. Your user profile folder will still always show when Show all folders is checked.
This tutorial is only applied to your (current) user account, and not all users.
This will only add or remove your user profile folder (C:\Users\User-Name) as a separate group when Show all folders is unchecked. Your user profile folder will still always show when Show all folders is checked.
This tutorial is only applied to your (current) user account, and not all users.
EXAMPLE: User Profile Folder added to navigation pane
Here's How:
1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.
2. To Add Your User Folder to Navigation Pane
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_User_Folder_to_Navigation_Pane.reg
3. To Remove Your User Folder from Navigation Pane
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_User_Folder_from_Navigation_Pane.reg
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to Merge it.
6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7. If open, close and reopen File Explorer to apply.
8. If you like, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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