Windows Explorer -- Drives, Directories and Files ONLY?

Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
"Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
etc., etc.???

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Thanks,
croy

On 25/06/2011 23:13, croy wrote:
> Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
> drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
> "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
> etc., etc.???
>

Organise/ Layout/ untick things.

Ed

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:13:53 -0700, croy wrote:

> Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
> drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
> "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
> etc., etc.???

To disable the libraries there is a registry hack (IIRC a set of hacks,
really) that I no lost my pointer to. Beyond that I know nothing.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:58:51 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> that I no lost my pointer to

That should read "that I lost my pointer to".

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:58:51 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:13:53 -0700, croy wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
> > drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
> > "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
> > etc., etc.???
>
> To disable the libraries there is a registry hack (IIRC a set of hacks,
> really) that I no lost my pointer to. Beyond that I know nothing.

Could it be this one?

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-...-in-windows-7/

(I got it from this newsgroup, if I'm not mistaken.)

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http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:30:33 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:58:51 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:13:53 -0700, croy wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
>>> drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
>>> "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
>>> etc., etc.???
>>
>> To disable the libraries there is a registry hack (IIRC a set of hacks,
>> really) that I no lost my pointer to. Beyond that I know nothing.
>
> Could it be this one?
>
> http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-...-in-windows-7/
>
> (I got it from this newsgroup, if I'm not mistaken.)

Don't know, it's not the site I used, and even if I downloaded the .reg
file, I'm not sure I'd recognize it any more. The site I used showed the
whole set of registry changes and also provided a .reg file to download.

I disabled the Library on a previous machine and eventually re-enabled
it and just set up the Library to be a little less conspicuous. I don't
like it, but I'm unsure of the implications of killing it. The machine
in question is now erased, which is how I lost the URL. I think I also
got the info from this group, though :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

croy wrote:
> Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
> drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
> "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
> etc., etc.???

This is how I did it. This link is for Libraries, but there are links on
the page for the other items.

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-l...vigation-pane/
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Crash

Money may not buy happiness, but it can sure defray a lot of unhappiness.

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

<snipped>

but you are a dummy. what do you know about computers? Your brain
needs resetting to start with!

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:35:42 +0100, Ed Cryer
<> wrote:

>On 25/06/2011 23:13, croy wrote:
>> Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
>> drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
>> "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
>> etc., etc.???
>>
>
>Organise/ Layout/ untick things.

When you say "Organise", are you talking about a menu item,
or technique?

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croy

On 26/06/2011 16:40, croy wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:35:42 +0100, Ed Cryer
> <> wrote:
>
>> On 25/06/2011 23:13, croy wrote:
>>> Is there a way to get Windows 7 Explorer to just show
>>> drives, directories and files, and NOT "My Documents",
>>> "Libraries", "[Username]", Jump Lists, Homegroup, etc.,
>>> etc., etc.???
>>>
>>
>> Organise/ Layout/ untick things.
>
> When you say "Organise", are you talking about a menu item,
> or technique?
>

I've got a line underneath the Menu bar; blue, and with "Organize" top
left. I only have the Menu bar itself ticked in the drop-down list.

Ed