XP: Delete My Videos and My Music folders from your My Documents folder

Contributor Icon Contributed by MickeyMouse Date Icon October 18, 2004  
Tag Icon Tagged: Windows

In a typical XP system the My Videos and My Music folders will be recreated if deleted from the My Documents folder. Here’s how to delete them forever.


If you do not want the various subfolders such as “My Videos” and “My Music” from being recreated, just follow these directions.

Disable –

    1. Click Start
    2. Click Run
    3. Type the following in the run textbox regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll
    4. Click OK

Some programs may take advantage of a few of the features in mydocs.dll. If you notice a program not working correctly, you can re-enable it.

Enable –

    1. Click Start
    2. Click Run
    3. Type the following in the run textbox regsvr32 mydocs.dll
    4. Click OK

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  • LArs
    :D At last. I have been so annoyed. Thanks a lot.
  • ergophonic
    Thanks for posting this but I tried it and every time I open Windows Media Player 11, "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders are recreated. I don't have my rip folders set to them so why do they keep getting created?

    Thanks for you help.
  • fearthecat
    For the My Music folder, try going into the Options of WIndows Media Player, and go to the "Media Library" tab. Click the "Monitor Folders" button and remove the entry for My Music. Delete the My Music folder. Hopefully that will stop it coming back.
  • fearthecat
    I was looking for a way of deleting only certain folders, like "My Videos" and keeping "My Pictures" and "My Documents" (and then later having some control over how My Pictures is presented...

    This tip would remove all the My Documents features it seems, which is not quite what the title says
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