1. Open the registry – Open Start > Run > Type ‘regedit’.
2. Locate the location in the registry to place the data – In the left Tree-view windownavigateto “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum” if any of the keys (directories) are missing create it. If they are all there skip to step 4
3. Create a key – if for example “Policies” is missing, right click “current version” and select new key.
4. Right-click “Explorer” and select new DWORD value.
5. Rename the value to “{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}”.
6. Double click the value and type 1 for the value data.
7. Close the registry, now test it.(you might have to restart the computer first)
8. Open Start and check if ‘My Computer’ still exists on the top right of the Start Menu., if the ‘My Computer” item has been removed the tweak was successful.
9. To enable the My Computer again, open the registry and delete the value or replace the value data with “0”.
This tweak is particularly useful if you wish to limit user rights (by restricting usage of My Computer)
2. Locate the location in the registry to place the data – In the left Tree-view windownavigateto “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum” if any of the keys (directories) are missing create it. If they are all there skip to step 4
3. Create a key – if for example “Policies” is missing, right click “current version” and select new key.
4. Right-click “Explorer” and select new DWORD value.
5. Rename the value to “{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}”.
6. Double click the value and type 1 for the value data.
7. Close the registry, now test it.(you might have to restart the computer first)
8. Open Start and check if ‘My Computer’ still exists on the top right of the Start Menu., if the ‘My Computer” item has been removed the tweak was successful.
9. To enable the My Computer again, open the registry and delete the value or replace the value data with “0”.
This tweak is particularly useful if you wish to limit user rights (by restricting usage of My Computer)
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