Display "My Documents"/"My Videos"/etc. without "My" prefix in Windows 7
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Mar 15, 20264756 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Even though Windows 7 stores special folders in the home folder as / /etc, they are still displayed as / /etc in Windows Explorer. I preferred the way that Vista displayed them (i.e. without the " " prefix). Is there a way to configure this in Windows 7?
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Fix for: Display "My Documents"/"My Videos"/etc. without "My" prefix in Windows 7
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Figured it out myself: In every special folder, there is a file that specifies how it should display. There is a line in there that looks like: That line tells windows to use the localized name from a string resource in shell32.dll. If you delete th…
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