Get rid of the nasty Windows comes with "rogue folder" experience skills

I believe that most of my friends' computers are installed on the Windows XP operating system, the new system has the benefits of the new system, but there are some annoying Places, such as every time you reinstall the system, can you always find a lot of unsightly folders in the famous "My Documents"? The most common folders are shown in Figure 1. Moreover, these folders have a characteristic, that is, each time they are deleted, they will come back after a few days, and become a group of uninvited guests who are rushing to the rush, and think of the previous days, the media screamed. "Rogue software, the author has given himself an image and a special name for this group of folders, called "rogue folder"

How did these folders come from?

In fact, although these folders have uninvited bad habits, not every folder is useless, for example, "The files I receive are specifically for Microsoft's MSN Messenger software to receive direct transmission from the other party. The files are used only because we have long been used to creating related folders and managing them in the corresponding partitions, so it is natural to think that they are useless. After all, we still want to get these uninvited guests out of our computer, but it is obviously difficult to get rid of the rough deletions in the front, we have to start from the source of these folders. In fact, the reason why these folders are automatically generated after we delete them, in fact, it is very simple, they are dedicated folders of a system component or application, take "my music, it" In fact, Windows Media Player compresses the songs after the CD songs are stored. When we delete the folder for the first time, it will not be automatically generated, but if we open Media Player to compress a song, or just view it. A Media Player option setting will cause the software to check the folder. If it finds that the specified folder is missing, it will be automatically regenerated once for the normal operation of the program. This is what we are doing. The folder "ld"; the real reason for not deleting for a long time. How to get these "unexpected guests out of the system?" After knowing the "lifetime" of these folders, it is much easier to ask them out of the system. The author will introduce the removal method of each folder separately. “ The file I received - Folder source: MSN Messenger receives the file from the other party by default. Software version: MSN Messenger 7.0 Removal method: Click the <quo;Tools menu →“ option, in the pop-up “ Click on the "File Transfer tab" in the Options dialog box. At this point, you can see that the default file save location in the right window is exactly the file folder I received in My Documents. Click the “Change button to This default folder is moved to another location. At this point, delete “ in my document “ I received the file folder, no longer worry about it will be "returned." ; “My eBooks - Folder Source: Adobe PDF Reader A default PDF document management folder Software version: Adobe PDF Reader 6.0 Removal method: Go to the Adobe PDF Reader installation directory in the "Plug_ins subdirectory, hit the ebook The .api and ebook.chs files are moved out of the directory, and then the “My eBooks folder” can be deleted from the “My Documents” folder. “My music - Folder source: Windows Media Player default storage after compressing CD into WMA file Software version: Windows Media Player 10 Removal method: Click on “Tools menu &rarr in the main interface of Windows Media Player ; & ldquo; option, click on the "pop" music tab in the pop-up window, and then the default save path of the red box logo through the "change button" to modify the other location, and then delete "My document" “ The music folder is all right. “My video - Folder source: The software that generates this folder may sound strange to you. It is called Windows Movie Maker. The main function is to edit digital video. This program usually exists in the "Start Menu →" Attachment & Rarr; In entertainment, it is also very simple to use. However, since DV machines have not been widely used in China, there are very few friends who use this software, and the video files generated by this software will be stored in this folder by default. Software version: Windows Movie Maker 5.1. Removal method: To remove this dude is not as easy as the above, it is not like the software described above, you can find the corresponding setting change command in the software settings. So we can't prevent it from automatically generating folders by changing the settings. Moreover, this software as a system comes with a program, and can not be simply deleted by the user through the "control panel", so in addition to not executing the software, there is no longer a method suitable for ordinary users. (Of course, if we don't usually execute the program, it is possible to delete the folder directly in My Documents, because the software will not check for the folder even if it is deleted, and it will be generated automatically) “Image Collection – Folder Source: This folder is probably the one that friends have seen the most. From Windows Me to Windows 2000 to Windows XP, it doesn’t feel like it’s been a long time with us, and its source Also different from several other folders, because only it is unique "Royal pedigree (system comes with) Software version: Windows XP removal method: It should be said that this folder is more convenient to use, and it is also Become the default image folder for many Microsoft programs (such as Office series software). If it is not special, try not to delete it. Of course, if your determination has been fixed, then just enter the following command "ldsvr32 /u mydocs.dll" in the command prompt state and press Enter, then delete the "picture collection folder". [Small Tips] If you want to restore this function, you only need to enter “Regsvr32 mydocs.dll in the command prompt again. [Small Tips] If you want to know the usage of Regsvr32 command carefully, you can browse the article on this site. The article "Using Regsvr32 for you to solve Windows intractable diseases" http://soft.yesky.com/os/win/350/2066850.shtml, there is a very detailed introduction to the order there is written at the end, how to delete & ldquo The rogue folder is introduced to everyone. In fact, the so-called “rogue folder” is just a name given to it by the author. Each folder also has its own purpose. Whether these folders are useful to you, I have to ask you to polish your eyes, don't let's do it all over the crowd, huh, huh.