I. Working with Registry

It is possible to remove the following left Navigation Pane elements through the Registry:

Favorites
Libraries
Homegroup
Computer
Network

For any item use these steps:

1. Win+R -> “regedit”

2. Go to the appropriate branch in

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\[ID]\ShellFolder

3. Change the Attributes key value to [v1] to remove or [v2] to restore the appropriate item.

4. Log Off or Restart the system.

The [ID], [v1], [v2] parts are following:

Favorites
{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}
a9400100
a0900100

Libraries
{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
b090010d
b080010d

Homegroup
{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}
b094010c
b084010c

Computer
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
b094010c
Remove the Attributes key

Network
{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
b0940064
b0040064

II. Using the program

1. Download the Windows 7 Navigation Pane Customizer program

2. Open it and uncheck unnecessary items.