Secure Your PC by Disabling the Shared Documents Folder

Just as your My Documents folder is designed to securely store your private documents, your Shared Document folder is intended my Microsoft as a place where you can share files and documents between other users on your PC. If you never use this feature however, it makes sense to disable the Shared Documents folder to avoid accidentally saving files to it which then become visible to all users of your PC.

To disable the Shared Folder, first back up your registry following the steps in article R12 of your main Windows Advisor manual, or here: http://www.windowsadvisor.co.uk/reg_backup.html

Next, edit the registry as follows:
1. Open My Computer > Shared Documents, copy any files located in Shared Document to your My Documents folder.
2. Press [Windows Key] + [R], type REGEDIT in the Run box, then click OK.
3. Navigate to the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders.
4. Right-click on the subkey: {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} and choose Delete.
5. Close the registry editor and reboot your PC.