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# 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

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    {
      "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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August 7, 2024