Hi, I've been searching for hours everywhere, but just cannot find a way to get rid of some shortcuts in my Dopus 12 folder tree in Windows 11. Shortcuts like Pictures, Music, Videos, etc. [screenshot dopus] They seem to be related to my Library folder, but even when hiding those shortcuts there, …

[image] Desktop appears twice in Folder Tree speech_balloonHelp & Support Many thanks! So these are folders which Microsoft added to the shell hierarchy in one of the Windows 11 updates. We plan to make it easier to get rid of them (or possibly hide them by de…

Ok, thanks, I'll give it a try. But where's the logic in the fact that I don't see those folders in Windows Explorer itself?

I couldn’t explain any design decision in File Explorer or Windows 11 these days. :slight_smile: You’d have to ask Microsoft about that.

Great, works like a charm. Thanks again!

At least they managed to add some tabs to their latest version. :grin:

How to hide/remove folder shortcuts like music, videos, etc?

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Jon July 23, 2023, 9:01am 7

Explorer shows them if you turn on the "Show all folders" option.

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