Vista - Consequences of deleting music, video etc folders?

Hi,

I'd like to delete the folders that appear in the user directory - music, video etc. I'm the only user of the computer. I presume you do so editing these reg keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell
Folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\User
Shell Folders

What I'm wondering is, are they any unforeseen bad consequences of doing this?

Thanks.

Hi Joe Public,

I would leave the personal user folders alone. They are tied into a lot of items in Vista.

Shawn

Hi, Joe.

As Shawn said, those are special folders, so I wouldn't go changing them in
the Registry unless you know more about them than I do.

But you can right-click on them in Windows Explorer and set their Properties
to Hidden. Will that accomplish your purpose?

RC
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"joe public" <joe.public.2wvhp0@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Thanks guys,

hiding them doesn't really cut it, but nice idea. I suppose I'm just being picky about what I want to appear on menus, how I organise my files etc - and it was easy and inconsequential on XP to permanently remove my docs etc.

Anyway, I'll leave them be - it hardly seems worth mucking around if there's much at risk - although I'm quite happy fiddling with the reg...

Your welcome,

Yeah, I know how you feel. Just about everything revolves around the personal folders though, in one way or another.

Shawn