How Win8 Customizes File Manager Navigation Pane

The navigation pane on the left side of Win8 File Explorer shows Win8 system tools such as computers, networks, libraries, and home groups for quick user selection. Users can edit the content of Win8 navigation pane as needed. How to operate it?

Win8 Custom Explorer left navigation pane:

Shortcuts Win+R – Enter regedit:

Delete"network” project

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}ShellFolder

Attributes key value b0040064 Modify b0940064

Delete “family group"project

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}ShellFolder

Attributes key value b084010c modify b094010c

Need to get permission: Right click on ShellFolder and select from the menu: Permissions - Advanced - Owner - Change - Enter Account - Check - OK - Return Permission - Add - Enter Username - OK - Full Control - OK

Delete “Library Project

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}ShellFolder

Attributes key-value b080010d Modify b090010d

Delete“ Favorites & rdquo; items

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}ShellFolder

Attributes key value a0900100 Modify a9400100

Delete”computer“project

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}ShellFolder

In the right pane, right-click New-Dword 32-bit, name it Attributes, and the value data is b094010c

Description: Desktop Computer icons will also be hidden

Non-LAN users will feel that the Win8 navigation pane is over-utilized because the home group, the network can be ignored, and the user has a simple interface. If you don't want to modify the registry, you can use an easy way to hide certain files in the Win8 File Explorer navigation pane.