to hide Windows Common Dialog
The site is in German, but can be translated. The tool is called WEPNCFG.EXE. It is a command line tool and has the following options:
WEPNCFG /option /option /option etc…
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HideLibraries |
Removes the node libraries from navigation pane of Windows Explorer. |
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HideFavorites |
Removes the node from the navigation pane of Windows Explorer Favorites. |
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HideNetwork |
Network node from the Windows Explorer Navigation pane. |
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HideComputer |
Removes the node computer from the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. |
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ShowLibraries |
Displays node libraries in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. |
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ShowFavorites |
Displays the node in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer Favorites. |
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ShowNetwork |
Displays the nodes network in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. |
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Show machine |
Displays the node computer in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. |
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Logoff |
For the changes to take effect, the Explorer shell process must be completed. If this option is specified, is an immediate logout of the Windows session. |
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Reboot |
For the changes to take effect, the Explorer shell process must be completed. If this option is specified, will immediate restart of the operating system. |
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Help |
This options displays the help text. |
Here’s an example: wenpcfg /HideLibraries
The Windows Explorer Navigation Pane Configuration Tool (WENPCFG) enables you to show or hide the following nodes and their sub nodes in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer and also in the Open- and Save-File-Dialogs introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2:
Libraries
Favorites
Computer
Network
Home Group
NOTE: Changing the configuration of Windows Explorer to show or hide any of the above nodes affects every user logging on to this computer. It is not possible to set this per user. It is a machine based configuration.
WENPCFG is a command line application and is only intended for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Running WENPCFG requires elevated privileges.
After applying configuration changes you have to restart Explorer shell process (not only an explorer window). Simply logoff and logon your windows session.
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thanks for the tool above it is very powerfull, but i face a problem to hide the favorites, i can hide the network, computer and libraries but i can not for favorites, i think i have this problem cause i have a restricted group policy for the users run into windows 2008 r2 cause when i pause this policy the favorites is hiding but when i run the policy again the favorites appear even if i hide it with the tool wenpcfg, i search into my group policy to see if i force the favorites from some where but i did not find it, i will approciate if you help me about this matter