How to Hide "My Network Places" from Windows Explorer view

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Problem
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How to Hide "My Network Places" from Windows Explorer view

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Solution
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You can remove “public” folder by deleting the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}

To remove the user folder, you can delete the below one.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

To remove the My Network Places, you can delete the below one.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}]

PS: please take a backup of these registry keys before deleting.