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Discus and support GUIDs in User Shell Folders Registry Key in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I've been poking around the registry and noticed that I have a few entries under HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by André Fertig de Oliveira, Jan 22, 2025.

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    GUIDs in User Shell Folders Registry Key


    I've been poking around the registry and noticed that I have a few entries under HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders that were GUIDs that did not correspond to any Known Folder IDs. They're mapped to standard shell folders likeGUIDs in User Shell Folders Registry Key :pictures {0DDD015D-B06C-45D5-8C4C-F59713854639}, Music {A0C69A99-21C8-4671-8703-7934162FCF1D} and Documents {F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756} but are notable in that there also exist named entries My Pictures, My Music, Personal with the same mapping. There are other GUID values but they're all mapped to folders that otherw

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