Windows 10: Add or Remove This PC in Navigation Pane in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove This PC in Navigation Pane in Windows 10


Information This tutorial will show you how to add or remove This PC in the navigation pane of File Explorer for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove This PC in the navigation pane.


Note If you remove This PC from the navigation pane, it will also remove the default This PC This PC shortcut to use instead though.


If you set File Explorer to open to This PC by default and remove This PC from the navigation pane, File Explorer will still open to This PC.




EXAMPLE: Add or Remove "This PC" in navigation pane








Here's How:

1. In the search box on your taskbar or Start menu, type regedit, and press Enter to open Registry Editor.

2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.

3. In Registry Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder




4. If you have not already, you will need to first step 3)

5. If you have not already, you will need to second step 3)

6. In the right pane of the ShellFolder key, double click/tap on the Attributes DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 3)


Note If you do not have the Attributes DWORD, then right click on an empty space in the right pane of the ShellFolder key, click/tap on New, click/tap on DWORD (32-bit) Value, type Attributes for the name, and press Enter.

7. Do step 8 (remove) or step 9 (add) below for what you want.


8. To Remove This PC from Navigation Pane
A) Type in b094010c, click/tap on OK, and go to step 10 below. (see screenshot below)





9. To Add This PC to Navigation Pane
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) In the right pane of ShellFolder, right click or press and hold on Attributes, click/tap on Delete, and click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below step 3)
10. If you have a steps 4 to 7 above for the registry location below.


Note This step is to add or remove This PC from the "Open" and "Save as" type dialogs in 64-bit Windows 10.

This step is not for 32-bit Windows 10.

*Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder
11. When finished, close Registry Editor.

12. restart the computer to apply.


That's it,
Shawn


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How to get Windows 10 file explorer navigation pane to have same layout as it had in windows 7 and 8.0?

Miek,

All libraries entries are just shortcuts to folders.

If you want to get rid of the Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos entries under This PC you can. See

This PC 'Folders' - Add or Remove in Windows 10 - TenForums

You can also remove the entry for OneDrive -
Add or Remove from Navigation Pane - TenForums

Denis

 

RE : Double E drive

How to Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10

 

Hello John, *Smile

Change the owner to the "Administrators" group instead, then see if you're able to change permissions.

 

Your screenshot indicates that you changed the owner to the built-in "Administrator" account instead of the "Administrators" group.

 

That did it! Thanks.
'till now I didn't know there was a difference.

Any idea why Microsoft keeps claiming that if you are an "Administrator" you have full control of everything on the computer when in fact you are just a user with very little control of anything?

...although on my installation there is no "Attributes" field (attached This PC 2.png).
Should I try and create an "Attributes" field?

Regards,
John

 

Never mind on the question of "Attributes", I went ahead and added it in (after reading you tutorial more carefully) and it worked - but not as I had expected.

I was trying to get the Navigation pane to look like a windows 7 pane, just the drives and network showing.

...but I'll continue to struggle with microsoft.

Thanks again,
John

 

Great news John. *Smile

Check the "Related Tutorials" links at the bottom of the tutorial for other add/remove items from the navigation pane tutorials that may help.

 

Hello, once i get to the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder" area in the registry, the "attributes" folder is not visible.

What can be the cause of that?

 

Hello gutie, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

I have added a note under step 6 to help show how to add the "Attributes" DWORD when it's not there by default.

 

i get an error, do i just not have the right permissions?

 

It sounds like you didn't get steps 4 and 5 done first.

 

ok, so i've now completed all steps in both 32 and 64 bit but "This PC" is still appearing in my save as window. Halp

ps. i'm trying this in excel if that means anything

 

Unfortunately, it may still show for some programs if they ignore this setting. *Sad