Windows Explorer -- Drives, Directories and Files ONLY?

[croy]

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.???

 

[Ed Cryer]

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

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

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.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

that I no lost my pointer to

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

 

[Stan Brown]

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-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/

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

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

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-libraries-feature-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

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

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-libraries-from-windows-7-explorers-navigation-pane/

 

[Tester]

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

<snipped>

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

 

[croy]

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?

 

[Ed Cryer]

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

 

[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.

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.

Ugh! I see it now. Thanks. But it's not what I'm after. I
want to see the navigation pane--I just don't want it to
show Libraries, and all that other stuff that isn't a drive,
a directory, or a file.

 

[thanatoid]

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

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.

Ugh! I see it now. Thanks. But it's not what I'm after.
I want to see the navigation pane--I just don't want it to
show Libraries, and all that other stuff that isn't a
drive, a directory, or a file.

I have never used Win7 so have no idea WHAT it does, but you
could try a real file manager - I suggest Total Commander from
www.ghisler.com, but there are many others, some completely
free.

TC works forever in demo mode. And does about 500 more things
than WE.

 

[Twayne]

In

On 26/06/2011 16:40, croy wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:35:42 +0100, Ed Cryer

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.

Ugh! I see it now. Thanks. But it's not what I'm
after. I want to see the navigation pane--I just don't
want it to show Libraries, and all that other stuff that
isn't a drive, a directory, or a file.

I have never used Win7 so have no idea WHAT it does, but
you could try a real file manager - I suggest Total
Commander from www.ghisler.com, but there are many
others, some completely free.

TC works forever in demo mode. And does about 500 more
things than WE.

But do you know that it works on win 7? Compatability mode isn't always the
answer - some apps just won't run, period.

 

[thanatoid]

But do you know that it works on win 7? Compatability mode
isn't always the answer - some apps just won't run, period.

Like ALL /properly/ written software, it runs on all versions of
Windows.

 

[KCB]

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

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.

Ugh! I see it now. Thanks. But it's not what I'm after. I
want to see the navigation pane--I just don't want it to
show Libraries, and all that other stuff that isn't a drive,
a directory, or a file.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21462/how-to-enable-or-disable-the-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/