deleting folders in my documents

[darren]

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i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

 

[bar]

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You can't delete or rename System folders: the folder you want to change are
such.

Get a users gide to XP and understand the way to use this Operating System,
you'll be happier working WITH it than working AGAINST it.

"darren" wrote:

> i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
> in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
> if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
> renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
> to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
> to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
> since this is exactly where you want to control what you
> see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
> since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
> anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
> rid of these things? thanks.
>

 

[Guest]

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These are not typical folders. They are system folders. Leave them be.

"darren" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1d4901c4bed0$d502c4e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
> in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
> if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
> renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
> to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
> to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
> since this is exactly where you want to control what you
> see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
> since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
> anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
> rid of these things? thanks.

 

[Guest]

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For the My eBooks part:

Description of My eBooks folder and it's removal instructions:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/myebooks.htm

Courtesy of Wesley Vogel, MVP.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Using ToolbarCop to remove the unwanted Toolband, Toolbar Icons and BHO:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

"darren" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1d4901c4bed0$d502c4e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
since this is exactly where you want to control what you
see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
rid of these things? thanks.

 

[Guest]

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"darren" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:1d4901c4bed0
$d502c4e0$a401280a@phx.gbl:

> i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
> in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
> if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
> renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
> to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
> to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
> since this is exactly where you want to control what you
> see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
> since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
> anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
> rid of these things? thanks.

Aha, another that can't stand the whole 'My' folders thing !!!

I searched for a solution for this for so long and finally found it. Those
folders are not system folders. They are created by a windows dll.

From the start menu -> run, type in:

regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll

Press return, this will unregister that dll file. No more 'My' folders.

If for any reason you want to undo this, just run the same command w/o the
/u.

Regards,

DanS

 

[Guest]

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And just where do you find mydoc.dll? In the C:\windows\system folder, that
where.

Now if a program in the system folder generates folders, doesn't that make
them system folders?

"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote in message
news:Xns9593E900D57ACidispcom@216.196.97.142...
> "darren" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:1d4901c4bed0
> $d502c4e0$a401280a@phx.gbl:
>
>> i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
>> in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
>> if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
>> renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
>> to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
>> to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
>> since this is exactly where you want to control what you
>> see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
>> since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
>> anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
>> rid of these things? thanks.
>
> Aha, another that can't stand the whole 'My' folders thing !!!
>
> I searched for a solution for this for so long and finally found it. Those
> folders are not system folders. They are created by a windows dll.
>
> From the start menu -> run, type in:
>
> regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll
>
> Press return, this will unregister that dll file. No more 'My' folders.
>
> If for any reason you want to undo this, just run the same command w/o the
> /u.
>
> Regards,
>
> DanS

 

[Guest]

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"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(nojunk)@msn.com> wrote in
news:#WkfSx8vEHA.3620@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> And just where do you find mydoc.dll? In the C:\windows\system
> folder, that where.
>
> Now if a program in the system folder generates folders, doesn't that
> make them system folders?
>

Not in my opinion. It's not a program, it's only a dll, a library. The
folders it's creates are not required for Windows to run. The MyEbooks,
which I didn't notice in the OP, is actually ctreated by Abode Acrobat, so
that is definately not a system folder. I did need a tip on a webpage on
how to stop that from being regenerated also. I don't recall if that one is
also taken care of by unregistering mydocs.dll.


Regards,

DanS





> "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote in message
> news:Xns9593E900D57ACidispcom@216.196.97.142...
>> "darren" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:1d4901c4bed0 $d502c4e0$a401280a@phx.gbl:
>>
>>> i am trying to get rid of the My Pictures and My eBooks
>>> in my folder but they keep regenerating themselves even
>>> if I move them into a Misc folder in the same location. I
>>> renamed the My Pictures folder "Photos" but it continues
>>> to create a new My Pictures folder. Doesn't lend itself
>>> to a lot of customization, which is rather surprising
>>> since this is exactly where you want to control what you
>>> see & don't see? have given up deleting the shared folder
>>> since i have no intention of sharing the computer with
>>> anyone but that was a bust as well. any easy way to get
>>> rid of these things? thanks.
>>
>> Aha, another that can't stand the whole 'My' folders thing !!!
>>
>> I searched for a solution for this for so long and finally found it.
>> Those folders are not system folders. They are created by a windows
>> dll.
>>
>> From the start menu -> run, type in:
>>
>> regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll
>>
>> Press return, this will unregister that dll file. No more 'My'
>> folders.
>>
>> If for any reason you want to undo this, just run the same command
>> w/o the /u.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> DanS
>
>
>