Hide 'Home' from navigation pane
File ExplorerMin Build: 22000Revertible
Hides the 'Home' section from the File Explorer navigation pane.
Code to Apply
Hide 'Home' from navigation paneRegistry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Hide Home on Navigation Pane for current user
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}]
@="CLSID_MSGraphHomeFolder"
"System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"=dword:00000000
; Add `Show Home` option to File Explorer folder options, with default set to disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\NavPane\ShowHome]
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"Id"=dword:0000000d
"RegPath"="Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}"
"Text"="Show Home"
"Type"="checkbox"
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"ValueName"="System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"
Code to Revert
Show 'Home' from navigation pane Hide 'Home' from navigation paneRegistry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Show Home on Navigation Pane for current user
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}]
@="CLSID_MSGraphHomeFolder"
"System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"=dword:00000001
; Add `Show Home` option to File Explorer folder options, with default set to enabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\NavPane\ShowHome]
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"Id"=dword:0000000d
"RegPath"="Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}"
"Text"="Show Home"
"Type"="checkbox"
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"ValueName"="System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"
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