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How To Hide Windows 7 Navigation Pane Library Folders

Posted November 10, 2009 – 5:36 pm in: Windows 7 Guides
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Recently we showed you how to change the library icons in Windows 7. By default, you can view Document, Music, Pictures and Videos folders (under Libraries) in Windows 7 explorer navigation pane. You can also add one or more folders to Libraries list by simply clicking include in library button.

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If you don’t use one or more library folder, rather than deleting the library, you can simply hide one or more folders under Libraries easily.

 

Here is how you can hide one or more folders under libraries in Windows 7 in explorer:

1. Open Windows explorer.

 

2. Right-click on the folder under Libraries and select Properties.

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3. Uncheck the box named Shown in navigation pane.

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4. Click Apply button.

 

5. Done.

 

To unhide a folder:

1. Open Windows explorer.

 

2. Click on Libraries to explore Libraries.

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3. Right-click on the folder and then select Properties.

 

4. Check the box named Shown in navigation pane and click Apply.

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One Comment

  1. V S Bachman
    Posted March 30, 2011 at 6:47 am | Permalink

    I have a newish laptop (purchased in August 2010) with Windows 7 preloaded. The option to show libraries in the navigation pane is selected by default and is disabled and cannot be modified. Does anyone at Microsoft ever wonder why people despise their software? I am not an idiot and don’t need them to force me to use my software the way they want me to – I can make those decisions myself. Unfortunately, Apply is just as bad, if not worse. On to modifying the registry.

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