Windows 10: Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10

Sometimes it's not unusual for a Windows Update to reset items back to default.

In this case, all you would need to do is merge the .reg file once more again. *Smile

 

Is it possible to have Desktop and Downloads in quick access but not have them appear everywhere else.
In windows 8.1 I removed the folders using the "This PC - Add or Remove "Folders" in Windows 8.1"

And they are removed where the arrows point, under My PC.
But I could still have desktop, download in Quick Access/favorites without them ever appearing there.

However in Win10 I cannot get it to work.
They are removed from both, but when I press Desktop or Download in ´Quick Access they appear here again and I have to close Explorer and wait for them to be removed again. And appear once I press the icons again.

This was not in Win 8.1 when removed.

This is how it is when open, removed like it should be:




And once clicked on either It gets like this:




I tried this on 2 computers now with fresh installs.
Ran the regfile after ownership without problems, doublechecked that everything is changed in regedit. Does not matter.
Also, the Win 8.1 reg file to remove them works just as well in w10, there is no difference how it behave with the folders (just removes them from view)
The W10 regfile also works the same no matter if ownership is taken or not. Removes them the same way.

Really annoying since I use Desktop and Download folder all the time in win 8.1 and the Folders never appear in My PC there.

 

Hello Niv,

Double check that you used the correct 32-bit or 64-bit version of the .reg file from step 4 in OPTION ONE, then see if restarting the PC may help. *Smile

 

Yeah 64-bit used, and tried several times and methods (editing the files myself as well)
Still not sure what the ownership is needed for since the regfile does the same thing with or without ownership taken.

 

Make sure that you do steps 1 and 2, and merge the .reg file again to no longer have the issue you are having. *Wink

 

As I said I done that.
4th clean W10 install and the behavior is still the same.

They are gone, until you click on Desktop/Downloads that I need in Quick Access, then they appear in Folders again. Until you close This PC and wait. Then they are gone again.

Giving up now.

And again the regfile does the same thing with or without doing any permission,ownership changes.

This is just annoying compared to w7 and w8.1.

 

Without changing the owner and permissions of the keys in steps 1 and 2, the .reg files will not be able to fully merge, and those keys will not be changed. Those keys are responsible for the folders showing in the navigation pane if you open the folder pinned to Quick access or Start list.

 

Okey.
Does not change the fact though that all the keys are changed (just did another manual check on all the keys that are in the regfile. Everything is changed, and still it behaves like it does *Sad

 

Niv,

Just to verify:

Do you have 64-bit Windows 10?

Did you download and merge the .reg file today from step 4 in OPTION ONE? It was updated yesterday.

Did you get any error message while merging the .reg file?


The only way that I could reproduce what you posted is if I didn't do steps 1 and 2 for also the other (Do for 64-bit Windows 10) set of keys.

For me, the tutorial works without the issue you showed in your screenshots after both sets of keys have been fully taken ownership (change owner and permission) of.

 

64-Bit Windows 10 pro.
Did steps 1-2 4 times now (4 clean installs in total)
Merged the .reg file today without any error messages after taking ownership,permissions set.

All keys are changed, and that includes the 64-bit Windows 10 only.
As I said, I double checked every single key that is in the regfile manually, and everything is set as it should.
Including owner,permission.

That is what infuriates me, there is no errors anywhere and everything is changed as it should be.

It behaves very strange however. I open This PC, no folders there. I click on Desktop/Download, then click on This PC.
Most times the folder is there then, sometimes not.
If I F5 or click into lets say C, then back the folders are there and stays there for some time before its gone.
I can F5 spam and the folder can disappear and reappear randomly.

I have done this with everything else like network, libraries etc plenty of times and never had any problems with ownership,permissions etc. (Including the W10 versions to remove network etc works without any problems)

 

Niv,

I'm not sure what else to suggest since it works for me and you have double checked all the keys and their owner and permission is set properly.

If you like, you can unpin the folders in Quick access and your Start list to stop them from opening in This PC.

However, this has only happened for me if there were any keys that didn't get the owner and permissions changed. I'm not sure why it's not working for you otherwise. *Sad

 

I might be able to get used to not using them and bypassing it that way.
But it got so infuriating that I installed Win 8.1 and back to everything working perfect.
Including my Desktop,Download favorites by just running the .regfile without doing anything else *Smile

Gonna stay on 8.1 for a while and give W10 a try later down the road.
Thanks for your help trying to get it to work though *Smile