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So we all know how Windows sets up a user folder, with a few default directories.

I am very happy to leave some of them (pictures, Videos etc.) but some are just bothersome and/or useless. I realise they serve a purpose, but I simply don't need them in my user directory.

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I thought deleting them is an option, but they keep popping back. "I'll hide them!" I said victoriously, only to be confronted by reality once more (they won't hide). "Move them?" I attempted to relocate them, but the buggers simply re-spawn! That's when I stopped talking to myself.

Are there any tricks you know of, majestic wise men and women of the Stack Exchange, that would fix this annoyance?

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  • You want to delete the desktop? And yet leave the media folders? ಠ_ఠ
    – Synetech
    Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 4:11
  • You delete favorites and all your IE favorites/bookmarks are gone.
    – cybernard
    Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 4:19
  • @Synetech relocating was also mentioned as an acceptable solution.
    – toms
    Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 4:40
  • @cybernard IE is for people who haven't heard of Chrome. Have you?
    – toms
    Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 4:41
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    So your goal is simply to keep your User directory as empty as possible? If so, then I’ve explained how to do this (as much as is feasibly possible) here and here. Those people asked about preventing third-party programs from putting files in there, but it’s the same method to clean out Windows’ own stuff like media, bookmarks, even the desktop itself.
    – Synetech
    Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 7:16

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You should be able to do this by disabling the KNOWNFOLDERID for the folders that you don't want created by using Local Group Policy. The first link shows you the GPO setting to do this and the second link is a list of all of theKNOWNFOLDERID GUID's.

http://gunnalag.com/2011/10/14/removing-user-libraries-in-windows-explorer-for-windows-7server-2008/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457(v=vs.85).aspx

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