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The thread discusses removing certain features from Windows context menus. The original poster asks how to completely remove a specific feature, and a responder suggests editing the registry to delete a particular key, which successfully resolves the issue. The conversation then shifts to the poster seeking advice on removing default folder entries like "Documents" and "Music" from the Windows 8.1 navigation pane, with a hint that a registry-based solution exists for that as well.

Gabardine

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As the title says I want this feature completely removed from all context menus.
 

patcooke

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Suggest you back up the registry before doing this (standard practice for registry edits):

Run regedit, navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\Library Location

And delete the folder "library Location".
 

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Gabardine

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Thanks, that did the trick.

Any idea how to get rid of "folders" in 8.1 that appear in my computers root menu?
 

patcooke

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Are you referring to folders such as "documents", "music" etc in the navigation pane?
 

Gabardine

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Those are the ones, yes. I found the solution to this elsewhere:

You can delete Windows Registry entries in: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace]
 

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