Getting rid of "My Pictures" and "My Recent Documents" permanently?

[Simcut]

Anyone know a way of PERMANENTLY getting rid of "My Pictures" and "My Recent Documents" - does my head in, everytime I right click and save target as, it goes to my "my pictures" folder and wont remember locations....

Thanks guys.

[paulyoung666]

can you not just delete them out of your windows folder

[blackthorn]

i dont know whether I`ve set mine up any differently but (if I have i cant remember how I did it) when i right click and save target as, it goes to the folders I set up ages ago. Files go to one I called downloads and pictures got one I called covers.

To stop my resent docs just right click on start bar select properties,click advanced then untick show resent docs,

The save picture as gives you the option to save anywhere you like

[SMHarman]

Have you changed the default file locations in the apps you get frustrated with?

[Raistlin]

Hmmm.....

This could work:

Deleting 'My Pictures' Folder in WinXP

If the 'My Pictures' folder in the My Documents folder annoys you, you've come to the right place. Stupid Uncle Bill hard-coded it into Windows, so that every time you restart Windows, the damn folder appears again. But, wait...

1. Open My Documents.
2. Delete the My Pictures folder.
3. Right-click in an empty area in My Documents, select New, and then Text Document.
4. Rename the new file to My Pictures (without a filename extension). (If you don't see the .txt filename extension here, go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab, and turn off the Hide extensions for known file types.)
5. Right-click your new My Pictures file, select Properties, and turn on the Read-only and Hidden options. Click OK when you're done.

Since you can't have two files with the same name (or a folder and a file with the same name) in the same directory, Windows won't be able to create the My Pictures folder as long as the file exists. :-D Take that, Windows.

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Try it with care though.....

[Simcut]

Thanks very much guys, I've tried just deleting it paul, but it comes back every time I reboot thanks for the tips lads, will give them a go when I get back from work!
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

To stop my resent docs just right click on start bar select properties,click advanced then untick show resent docs,

The save picture as gives you the option to save anywhere you like

Unfortunately that option only shows up if you use the new ish start menu and not the "classic" - I use the classic one

[ntl customer]

Rename the my pictures folder to something else and leave it. I've done this and the my pictures folder hasn't come back since.