After installing Windows Live Messenger in Vista, I noticed a really annoying addition to My Computer… a new icon called "My Sharing Folders".
So how exactly do I remove this icon I'll never use?
This icon is a shell folder used to share files between your friends that also use Windows Live Messenger. Since I never use this feature, it's good that there's a simple registry hack to remove it.
Manual Registry Hack
Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace
Below that key you will find a key with the name {FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D}, and all you have to do is delete it, preferably after exporting a copy of the key just in case.
Hit refresh in Computer and you'll see that the icon is gone.
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