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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:08 PM
     
     
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    How to remove the "user folder link" (vista, server 2008) from the desktop
    IF "enforce classic start menu" is enabled
    The "user folder link" has already been removed from the startmenu
    via GPO in the domain.
    This works fine, until I enforce the classic start menu. The user folder link appears on the desktop.
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  • Monday, June 23, 2008 10:36 AM
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    Hello,

     

    Yes, when the classic Start menu is used, the following icons are placed on the desktop: User's Files, Computer, and Network. The group policy setting "Remove the My document icon on the desktop" has no effect on hiding the user's files folder. Please correct me if there is any misunderstanding.

     

    To hide user's files folder (c:\users\%username%) while classic start menu is enabled in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, you may change the registry to achieve this.

     

     

    Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu\

    Value: {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

    Type: REG_DWORD

    Data:  0        (not hide, display)

              1        (hide)

     

    You can write a custom ADM file or a logon script to modify this registry key on clients to hide the user's files folder.

     

    Hope it helps.

     
  • Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:13 PM
     
     
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    How can you hide this folder from the Folder List?
    i.e. when attempting to save a file in Word.
    It still shows up there while using the classic start menu and the registry key above.
     
  • Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:26 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

     

    Yes, when the classic Start menu is used, the following icons are placed on the desktop: User's Files, Computer, and Network. The group policy setting "Remove the My document icon on the desktop" has no effect on hiding the user's files folder. Please correct me if there is any misunderstanding.

     

    To hide user's files folder (c:\users\%username%) while classic start menu is enabled in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, you may change the registry to achieve this.

     

     

    Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu\

    Value: {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

    Type: REG_DWORD

    Data:  0        (not hide, display)

              1        (hide)

     

    You can write a custom ADM file or a logon script to modify this registry key on clients to hide the user's files folder.

     

    Hope it helps

    This is incorrect key path! It should be placed in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
     
  • Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:55 PM
     
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    I was able to fix my issue with this custom ADM template:

    CLASS USER

	CATEGORY "Windows Components"

	CATEGORY "Windows Explorer"

		POLICY "Hide User Folder on Server 2008 Desktop"

		EXPLAIN "Setting to remove User folder from Windows Server 2008 Desktop"

		KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu"

			VALUENAME "{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}"
				VALUEON "1"

		END POLICY

	END CATEGORY

	END CATEGORY

    This worked for me!  I hope it can help you, too.

    Alicia

    • Proposed As Answer by Alicia W. _ Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:55 PM
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  • Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:31 PM
     
     
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    Alicia, very good help!! thankss
     
  • Monday, February 21, 2011 10:29 PM
     
     
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    Thanks for this! The user folder was driving me crazy, because we redirect the desktop folder,and for some reason this folder would not open. It was being restricted since it was opening from a roaming path.  We don't even need it because the user has the "Libraries" folder right above it.