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Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons

Some sources in the Internet claim that it is possible to hide some folders from This PC in the File explorer by adding a few values under the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons, as for example with the PowerShell script shown below.

However, in my tests, I was unable to hide anything!

set-strictMode -version latest

function set-folderHidden($guid, $hide) {
 #
 # Setting $hide to 1 is supposed to hide the folder
 # 
   $regPath = 'hkcu:/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/HideMyComputerIcons'

   if ( -not (test-path $regPath )) {
    # write-host "$regPath does not exist, creating it"
      $null = new-item $regPath -force
   }

   $null = new-itemProperty -path $regPath -name $guid  -value $hide  -force
}

set-folderHidden  '{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}'  1   # 3D Objects
set-folderHidden  '{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}'  1   # Deskop
set-folderHidden  '{D3162B92-9365-467A-956B-92703ACA08AF}'  1   # Documents
set-folderHidden  '{088E3905-0323-4B02-9826-5D99428E115F}'  1   # Downloads
set-folderHidden  '{3DFDF296-DBEC-4FB4-81D1-6A3438BCF4DE}'  1   # Music
set-folderHidden  '{24AD3AD4-A569-4530-98E1-AB02F9417AA8}'  1   # Pictures
set-folderHidden  '{F86FA3AB-70D2-4FC7-9C99-FCBF05467F3A}'  1   # Videos

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