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Remove them nasty folders from your IE favourite's menu
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Posted by: djcomplexfs

nice and simple

Right mouse click on the folder in the menu , select properties then click hidden and your done :D

Posted by: clem556

Usefull..Thanks

Posted by: Demalii

ohh.. sweetness, didn't even think about that

Posted by: Shannon

why can't you just delete the folders you don't want?

Posted by: JimShorts

because some folder, like that stupid "links" folder will just come back. thanx, I was wondering how to do this.

Posted by: Keesrace

Yes and you could also download Winboost at
[url]http://www.shareup.net/Utilities/Optimizers-Diagnostics/WinBoost-download-2931.html[/url]

Wit that utility you can also easy hide the help and documents button in the start menu and much more.

Posted by: diggerB

I have my folders set to 'Show Hidden and System Files.' This technique does not work for me.

Posted by: cheerios

Yeah but remember to go to control panel>folder options if u want to reveal ur folder back again, or itd stay hidden 4eva ;)

Posted by: crazybeans

I feel I should shed some light on this problem and give you the REAL solution to the problem. We will not be hiding it, we will be deleting it for good. You will need to go to Start/Run and type "regedit" without the quotes. Next go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar". You will see an entry called "LinksFolderName", edit this from "Links" to blank by double clicking on the item and deleting text that says "Links". Now, you delete the Links folder through Internet Explorer and it will NOT be recreated when you restart windows. Hope that helps.

Posted by: linux1880

crazy beans i didn't see "LinksFolderName=Links", but i see some typed url's is that not going to be there again? once i delete?

Posted by: crazybeans

You can name the default "Links" folder anything you want and if deleted a new one will be created at the start of windows with the name specified by you. By simply leaving the name blank you can stop any reproduction made by windows of this file therefore being able to delete it. If you can't find the "LinksFolderName" string value, try creating a new one by clicking "Edit/New/String Value", naming the string "LinksFolderName" and leaving its content blank. This works on Windows XP, I am not sure of other OS's. Good luck.