Remove Home and Gallery from explorer¶

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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Description¶

Removes the Home and Gallery from explorer and sets This PC as default

Preview Code

{
  "Content": "Remove Home and Gallery from explorer",
  "Description": "Removes the Home and Gallery from explorer and sets This PC as default",
  "category": "z__Advanced Tweaks - CAUTION",
  "panel": "1",
  "Order": "a029_",
  "InvokeScript": [
    "
      REG DELETE \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}\" /f
      REG DELETE \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}\" /f
      REG ADD \"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced\" /f /v \"LaunchTo\" /t REG_DWORD /d \"1\"
      "
  ],
  "UndoScript": [
    "
      REG ADD \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}\" /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d \"{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}\"
      REG ADD \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}\" /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d \"CLSID_MSGraphHomeFolder\"
      REG DELETE \"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced\" /f /v \"LaunchTo\"
      "
  ],
  "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/z--Advanced-Tweaks---CAUTION/RemoveHomeGallery"
}

Invoke Script¶

      REG DELETE "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /f
      REG DELETE "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}" /f
      REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /f /v "LaunchTo" /t REG_DWORD /d "1"

Undo Script¶

      REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d "{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}"
      REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}" /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d "CLSID_MSGraphHomeFolder"
      REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /f /v "LaunchTo"

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