How to Remove “Favorites” from Windows 7 Explorer’s Navigati

[Razorsedge]

If you enable "Navigation Pane" in Windows 7 Explorer, it shows following 5 items in the pane:

* Favorites
* Libraries
* Homegroup
* Computer
* Network

This tutorial will help you in removing "Favorites" item from the Navigation pane as shown in following screenshot:



Simply follow these simple steps:

1. Type regedit in RUN or startmenu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}\ShellFolder

3. Now you'll need to change value of "Attributes" DWORD value present in the right-side section. But Windows will not allow you to change its value as you won't have proper permissions.

To get permissions, first right-click on "ShellFolder" key and select "Permissions".



It'll open a new window. Select "Administrators" in user list and check "Allow" box given for "Full Control" permission.



Click on OK button to apply the changes.

4. Now double-click on "Attributes" DWORD value given in right-side section and change its value to a9400100

5. That's it. Log off or restart your system and "Favorites" will no longer present in Explorer window.

NOTE: If you want to restore "Favorites" in Navigation pane, simply change value of "Attributes" DWORD to a0900100 using step 4.

[TheAslan]

For me this is not working, I have no idea why, I found that this key is located in 4 different place, but I changed the value in all of those keys what I found in registry but still it's not working, here's those keys:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}

I managed to remove all the other items from navigation pane but not Favorites.

[MayikMiday]

Thanks! Been bugging me for a while.

[TheAslan]

Changing Attribute to a9400100 is not working anymore, some Windows Updates maybe broke this method, maybe we have to find a new value for Attribute I'm not sure.