By Diana Huggins at lockergnome

One of the first things you probably noticed when you installed Windows XP is the Shared Documents folder. The idea behind this is a great one. A place to store documents, music, pictures, etc. that is available to anyone who uses the computer. Definitely a simple and easy way to share your data. However, we all have our preferences and some people don't like this feature of Windows XP. So, you can fine tune XP to meet your own preferences by permanently removing the Shared Documents folder. Doing so does require editing the registry, so use the steps with some level of caution.

Open your registry editor and navigate to the following registry key:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\

Software\MicrosoftWindows\CurrentVersion\

Explorer\My Computer\

Namespace\DelegateFolders

Locate
{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}
subkey and delete it.

Upon doing so, you will have successfully removed
the Shared Documents folder from your computer.