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Remove Favorites and Libraries from Windows 7 Explorer

I'm tired of Windows 7 Explorer showing me Favorites and Libraries. I hate explaining to people that there are two things called Favorites and the Libraries thing also does nothing but confuse people. So I searched for how to disable them. The method I chose is below.

Here's how to disable Favorites and Libraries in Windows Explorer.

For Favorites, the key is:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}\ShellFolder
Right-click ShellFolder, pick Permissions, pick your user or group, and check the Allow Full Control box.
Change Attributes from a0900100 to a9400100 to hide Favorites.

For Libraries, the key is:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\ShellFolder
Right-click ShellFolder, pick Permissions, pick your user or group, and check the Allow Full Control box.
Change Attributes from b080010d to b090010d to hide Libraries.

The changes take effect at the next log on.

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