How To Remove Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Downloads, & Videos From This PC (My Computer) In Windows 8

Computer (This PC) now displays Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Downloads, and Videos folders in addition to hard drives, optical drives, and removable devices.

 In simple words, when you open This PC (Computer) by double clicking on the This PC icon on the desktop or by pressing Windows + E hotkey, Explorer now not only shows drives but also shows above mentioned folders.

whatever reason you want to remove those folders from This PC or Computer, complete the given below instructions.

Step 1: Open Run dialog box. To do this, simultaneously press Windows + R keys. Type Regedit.exe in the box and then press Enter key to open Registry Editor. Click Yes button when you see the UAC dialog.

Step 2: In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\

  

 

NOTE: We suggest you backup the key by exporting the Registry key to a safe location so that you can easily restore those folders by importing the previously exported key. To export the key, right-click on NameSpace key and then click Export option.

Step 3: Right-click on the following keys one-by-one and delete them:

Delete {374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E4678} key to remove Downloads folder.
Delete {B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-BO29-7FE99A87C641} key to remove Desktop folder.
Delete {1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE} key to remove Music folder.
Delete {3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA} key to remove Pictures folder.
Delete {A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C} key to remove Videos folder.
Delete {A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0} key to remove Documents folder.

That’s it! Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures should not appear in This PC or Computer.