This is very annoying but I don’t know if it can be helped.
When ya open up windows explorer: is there a way to disable the my pictures, my music, my ebooks in my documents. I like a clean open with not much stuff showing, so I want to get rid of theses displays.
I just want to see c:\ and my documents. Drives and other drives, but none of that other stuff. 
well you could do what i do. I have my documents folder on my 120gig drive and i map the folder on my desktop *my Document’s * it goes to d:\backup\my documents
Dont even bother tryin this, unless you have modified the registry before.
You first have to unregister the mydocs.dll, and then delete the folders. So heres what you do.
Start > Run > type in - regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll and click OK
Then go here and delete their subfolders folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents)
and here
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents
Now, about the “Shared Music” folder in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents)…
Go to Windows Media Player Tools > Options > Library tab > Click on Monitor Folders > Highlight C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music > then click Remove. You can even remove any other paths to folders you may see in there.
Now…
Again in WMP go to Tools > Options > Rip Music tab. Under “Rip music to this location” click the Change button. Then create your own special folder in a location of your choice. I made a folder called Temporary Downloads on my D Drive.
(Keep this in mind, if at some point you clear the MUI cache for ripping and burning Cd’s, the new designated folder path you created in WMP could very well disappear, and WMP will default to the path C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music.)
While you’re in WMP, go to Tools > Options > Privacy and take the tick out of “Update music files by retrieving media info from the Internet.” I do this mostly to stop album cover art from cropping up on my computer. You may like the album art.
The “Shared Music” folder in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents), is the most difficult folder to keep from returning.
However, you can delete the Value data of a certain registry string. (Let me say here, this is to be done in addition to what I have outlined above.)
Navigate in the Registry Editor to…
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders.
In the right panel look for this entry…
My Music REG_SZ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music
You will notice that since you unregistered the mydocs.dll as I outlined above, that the Value data for “My Pictures” and “My Video” have already been removed.
Double click on My Music, and delete the Value data. Don’t delete the entire String, just the value data.
Now navigate also to here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
In the right panel look for this entry…
CommonMusic REG_SZ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents\My Music
Just as you did above, Double click on CommonMusic, and delete the Value data. Don’t delete the entire String, just the value data.
NOTE: If you use MRU Blaster, the Value Data you just removed will return here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders.
…and also, the My Music folder in C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents will return.
…and, the “Rip music to this location” you chose in Windows Media Player will revert back to C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music.
NOTE: Using Ad-aware to remove the MRU (Most Recently Used), the Value Data you just removed will return Here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
…and, the Shared Music folder back to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents will return.
There is one another part of this tweak that needs some work. I don’t have it figured out yet, so if you have any ideas, let me know…
When you rip a music CD, the “Shared Music” folder will return to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents) …no matter what. But this is the only time, as far as I can see.
wouldn’t it be way easier to set those folders as hidden? Or move them, or delete them if you don’t use them?
On the other hand, not having anything but a ‘root’ type folder doesn’t make for a clean look at all. How would you organize stuff? My Documents is where you’re supposed to keep ‘your stuff’…
Reminds me of people who have Works files, spreadsheets, pics and text files on the c: root, or worse in the program files…
yngwie_69, thanks for all your info. I will set it up nice.
[quote=“herbie_popnecker”]wouldn’t it be way easier to set those folders as hidden? Or move them, or delete them if you don’t use them?
On the other hand, not having anything but a ‘root’ type folder doesn’t make for a clean look at all. How would you organize stuff? My Documents is where you’re supposed to keep ‘your stuff’…
Reminds me of people who have Works files, spreadsheets, pics and text files on the c: root, or worse in the program files…[/quote]
I agree LOL…