Add or Remove This PC in Navigation Pane in Windows 10

Brink · 13 Dec 2017

gutie049 said:

Hello, once i get to the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder" area in the registry, the "attributes" folder is not visible.

What can be the cause of that?

Hello gutie, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

I have added a note under step 6 to help show how to add the "Attributes" DWORD when it's not there by default.

gutie049 · 13 Dec 2017

i get an error, do i just not have the right permissions?

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Brink · 13 Dec 2017

It sounds like you didn't get steps 4 and 5 done first.

gutie049 · 14 Dec 2017

ok, so i've now completed all steps in both 32 and 64 bit but "This PC" is still appearing in my save as window. Halp

ps. i'm trying this in excel if that means anything

Brink · 14 Dec 2017

Unfortunately, it may still show for some programs if they ignore this setting.

GustvandeWal · 24 Oct 2018

Thanks, it worked like a charm!
This PC also disappeared from Quick Access, though. Do you know if there's a way you can hide This PC as a stand-alone entity, but not from Quick Access?

Brink · 25 Oct 2018

Hello @GustvandeWal, and welcome to Ten Forums.

As a workaround, you could create a shortcut of "This PC" where you want using the method below, and "Pin to Quick Access" it to have it stay under Quick Access in the navigation pane.

1) Create a New Folder where you want to keep it at.

2) Rename the folder as This PC.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

3) Pin the folder to Quick Access.

GustvandeWal · 26 Oct 2018

Oh wow.
I've tried looking up how I can make a shortcut to This PC. Apparently libraries can't link to This PC, and mklink required the destination folder to not yet exist. I didn't expect it to be so easy.

Anyway, thanks again. My File Explorer finally looks like this.

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Will any of the methods you describe in your tutorial on removing the drive letter break anything? I saw that in the first method there's a pop-up that warns you about it. Otherwise I'm gonna remove that too

Brink · 26 Oct 2018

You or Windows just won't be able to access anything on the drive that you remove the drive letter for until you add a drive letter next.

GustvandeWal · 26 Oct 2018

Oh okay. No luck then. Thanks for the quick reply