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I consider the shortcuts to the "3D Objects", "Videos", etc. folders in File Explorer to be useless clutter as I don't put anything in these folders. This page describes how I remove them using the registry. Personally, I only keep Downloads and maybe Desktop and/or Documents.

Source : https://www.techspot.com/guides/1703-remove-3d-objects-shortcut-windows-file-explorer/page2.html.

Removing 3D Objects, the Most Useless Shortcut

Assuming 64-bit Windows, remove the 3D Objects shortcut by deleting the following two registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}

A registry script to do this is as follows:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}]

For 32-bit Windows, you need to remove only the first key, not the one containing "Wow6432Node" (although it would do no harm to try to remove that as well).

Removing Other Shortcuts

To remove the shortcuts for Music, Pictures, Videos, etc., proceed as above but replace the final sub-key as shown below. Again, for 32-bit Windows, you don't need the key containing "Wow6432Node".

Music

{1CF1260C-4DD0-4EBB-811F-33C572699FDE}

Pictures

{3ADD1653-EB32-4CB0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}

Videos

{A0953C92-50DC-43BF-BE83-3742FED03C9C}

Desktop

{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}

Documents

{A8CDFF1C-4878-43BE-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}

Downloads

{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}

Related Information

Source : https://superuser.com/questions/1470599/hide-3d-objects-from-this-pc

 HKLM\...\MyComputer\NameSpace            Name             HKLM\...\FolderDescriptions
 ----                                     ----             ----                                  
{088e3905-0323-4b02-9826-5d99428e115f}  Local Downloads  {7d83ee9b-2244-4e70-b1f5-5393042af1e4}
{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}  3D Objects       {31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722}
{1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}  My Music         {4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43}
{24ad3ad4-a569-4530-98e1-ab02f9417aa8}  Local Pictures   {0ddd015d-b06c-45d5-8c4c-f59713854639}
{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}  Downloads        {374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
{3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}  My Pictures      {33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB}
{3dfdf296-dbec-4fb4-81d1-6a3438bcf4de}  Local Music      {a0c69a99-21c8-4671-8703-7934162fcf1d}
{A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}  My Videos        {18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC}
{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}  Personal         {FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7}
{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}  Desktop          {B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}
{d3162b92-9365-467a-956b-92703aca08af}  Local Documents  {f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756}
{f86fa3ab-70d2-4fc7-9c99-fcbf05467f3a}  Local Videos     {35286a68-3c57-41a1-bbb1-0eae73d76c95}