Disabling "My Music" in XP

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Post by hyperspace »

Do you want to disable the folder or delete it? Under Home Edition, you should be able to delete it. Are you using Home or Pro?
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No problem...

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You want to navigate to the following Keys:

User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Value Name: NoSMMyMusic
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = remove folder)

*BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY* then:

Open your registry and look in the HKEYs above to find the entry below.

(Default) REG_SZ (value notset)
NoSMMyMusic REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)

You may need to create the key if it does not already exist.

So... If the key is there, just pop a 1 into it. If it's not there, create a new DWord named "NoSMMyMusic" and pop a one into it. Then reboot.

This also works on My Pictures folder.

Worked like a charm on my system (also, XP Pro)[/b]
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Post by nullshark »

Glad you got it!


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