The new Windows Live Messenger features the new My Sharing Folders which enables you to share files with your contacts.
Even if you’re not using it and the feature is being turned off, you will still see the “My Sharing Folders” icon in your My Computer and Explorer.
To remove the My Sharing Folders from My Computer and Explorer…
First, you need to check what version of Windows Live Messenger are you using.
Run Windows Live Messenger, go to Help -> About Messenger and you should see an info box like the image below.
I have Windows Live Messenger version 8.0.0812.00.
I need to paste the command line below to Start -> Run and click on OK button (Refer image below)
regsvr32 -u “%PROGRAMFILES%\MSN Messenger\fsshext.8.0.0812.00.dll
If you got it right, you’ll get a confirmation box saying “DllUnregisterServer in C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\fsshext.8.0.0812.00.dll succeeded.”
Important Note: If you have other versions of Windows Live Messenger such as 8.0.0787.00, you’ll need to change the command line in order to successfully unregister the fsshext dll. For example, if you have version 8.0.0787.00, the end of your command line would be fsshext.8.0.0787.00.dll instead of fsshext.8.0.0812.00.dll
Good luck!
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@ #13 — Thanks, your method was the quickest and easiest by far (on XP). Cheers!
PS. is there a TweakUI for Vista/7?
He just forgot the ” in the end of the tag. So just add an extra ” at the end of the tag and it will be fixed. :)
Please ignore the \ in the previous post, they were automatically inserted by the system for some reason!!!
Lot\’s of things won\’t work with Vista because of High Security \”*(what a load of Ole ****) nan in catherine tate\”
Here\’s a tip,
Go to internet explorer 7 or more, Internet Options, in the secuirity tab, uncheck \”Enable Protected Mode\” you will still get alot of hassling (prompts) but it will be much less.
To start, create a restore point for your system.
1. right click my computer click properties.
2. in the task list to the left click \”system protection\”
3. in the system protection dialogue, make sure your main drive \”usually C:\” is selected and click \”Create\” wait until finished, then proceeed with caution:)
- proceed with the following with caution, meaning don\’t try things out, unless you are ready to face the consequences, which is a great too for learning by the way, Oxe me:) (slang for ask me)
for this to remove the share folder, do the following:
1. go to start>Run (if you don\’t have run, just hold down the windows key on your keyboard and press \”R\”)
2. press F3 or edit>find and in the find box type \”My Sharing Folders\” or however it\’s written on your computer. please mind the spelling, I know you\’re good… but double check. and click search.
3. you will find an entry, don\’t mind the language, look in the left pane, and find the folder corrosponding to it, it should look like \”FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D\” *(tip: if you are not sure which folder is open now, because they all look open, hold down the Shift key and press TAB once\” it should highlight the folder in the registery we\’re targeting)
4. Now right click the folder and click export, (this is a precaution just in case you want to reverse what you just did) it will prompt you to save the file, put it in a place you can find…meaning browse to a folder such as my documents and give the file a name, such as \”my sharing folders\” without the quotes.
5. And now it\’s safe to delete the \”FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D\” folder with it\’s content.
when restarting you will find that the folder goes away, yippi…
if for some reason you want your \”My Sharing Folders\” back, just double click the .reg file you created earlier, confirming you want to merge in into your regsitery.
a Word of Caution here. don\’t play with the registry if you don\’t know what you\’re doing. if you follow the instructions verbatum you should be fine.
Eu não consegui remover o My Sharing Folders, pois não entendi o que quis dizer! =(
sorry…forgot
I even tried reg edit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ MyComputer \ NameSpace \ {FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D}
but the stubborn thing is still on my pc
tried the regsvr32 -u “%PROGRAMFILES%\MSN Messenger\fsshext.8.5.1302.1018.dll
but did not work, it’s still there…
Quote:
The correct solution is to use TweakUI. Go to \”My Computer\” section in TweakUI and uncheck \”My Sharing Folders\”. That\’s it.
Nope that’s not it, it still appears in the Explorer folders list
but does not actually appear in ‘My Computer’
so the problem is still there
Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ MyComputer \ NameSpace \ {FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D}
Backup the above key by exporting it to a file.
Select the {FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D} key and delete it.
Close Regedit.exe
conversei no msn e ficou uma pasta dentro da my sharing folders e a pasta nãoquer deletar preciso deletar essa pasta me ajudem
I stole this page so I could fix it and remove those IDIOTIC pop-up links…… what kinda retard…… nevermind…not worth it rofl lmao/……idiot!
Try removing the NameSpace os My Sharing Folders…
Just Create a text file, pace the content above and save or rename it’s extension to .REG, then just double click the file.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////-Stars from down here
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D}]
For Latest 8.5, use this
regsvr32 -u “%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Live\Messenger\fsshext.8.5.1302.1018.dll”
that’s done, thanks for helping!!
Hi,
I see you can repair many thing, I am using Windows Vista and I have problem that I can not open Sharing Folders :/
Any ideas how to fix it, I found many site but they do not have a clue.
Thanks for helping!
Hey guys when i wanna share folders It says My computer doesn’t support sharing folders…. Do u know what is the update to make my PC support sharing folders?
Thx :)
Thanks a lot for the info.
And for those who may want it back, you can run the same command without the “/u” switch. :)
hi please help …i have a problem with sharing folders..first of all my WLM it’s version 9 beta the sharing files icon it was shown but i can’t share cuz my C: drive it was FAT32 ..so it says u have to convert it to NTFS when i converted it to NTFS …the sharing files icon dissappeard from the msn also the sharing files settings from options … i tries to remove WLM and install it again but it doesn’t work the same problem !! could anyone tell me how i can fix this problem so i can share files and get the icon and settings back ????
The solution presented here is useless for the following reasons:
Unregistering the DLL will indeed remove the folder. However, when you start the messenger again, it will restore it right away.
With the older versions of Messenger Live you could avoid it by creating a \”normal\” shortcut to the Messenger executable (instead of that \”special\” shortcut created during the installation) and always launching it through that \”normal\” shortcut.
With the newer versions of Messenger Live the \”normal\” shortcut trick will not help – it restores the folder anyway.
The correct solution is to use TweakUI. Go to \”My Computer\” section in TweakUI and uncheck \”My Sharing Folders\”. That\’s it.
Sarah Millinois!! you resolved my problem, thank you so much!!!
I tried the first thing i saw here, and it did\’t work so I just left it like that!! but later on a read your post and it worked good, it was..
regsvr32 -u \”%programfiles%\\windows live\\messenger\\fsshext.8.5.1302.1018.dll
sorry for my bad english!!
Yes but when you start MSN again it installs the file and the “My Sharing Folder” is back in My computer :(
I’ve also tried again the trick with the shortcut, but it won’t work.
Anyone got an idea on how to remove it once and for all ?
The latest as of March 2, 2008 is “ffsshext.8.5.1302.1018.dll” but I found it in the following path: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\ffsshext.8.5.1302.1018.dll
Cheers,
Rebecca: can’t get to work in Vista. I don’t understand the directions you give. Vista is frustrating!
yup, dont work in vista. gotta luv vista ;) XD
Instead of copying, changing your version and pasting into the RUN box (which I had problems with because of Vista), you can get into a command prompt. Just find your way to the MSN Messenger folder (cd..; cd; dir etc) and do the
regsvr32 -u fsshext.[version here].dll
It seems Vista can’t determine where your program file’s folder is with %PROGRAMFILES%.
I’ve found even easier way to solve the re-appearing My Sharing Folder in My Computer.
Once you’ve deleted that fsshext file (using the RUN as shown above) just make yourself own shortcut for msnmsgr.exe and run that shortcut (instead of the one that is made when MSN “installs” again) and that should do it
An easier way to deal with this.
Open TweakUI (Google it ;)) and click on My Computer on the left hand pane and on the right hand pane you can select what icons you want displaying in the My Computer window.
Untick the sharing folders, job done.
PS – I also binned Nero Scout :)
sum up
1. regsvr32 /u fss……dll
2. cacls fss….dll /d everyone, then confirm that
3. open live msngr, it tries to fix the error but will fail, just ignore it
4. done
NB. step 2 requires NTFS, else, no effect.
Hi, I succed with the command to remove that, but when i open again the msn… he reinstall this feacture. How can remove that????
Thanks man, that resolved my sharing problem, ps you just need to change exact version numbers of your’s msn’s v. and fill in RUN command line.
Good Job =] :P
thanks a lot, great instructions
Not sure if I’ll get a response but I followed the steps and it did remove that shared folder. But when I fired up my pc the next day and logged into Messenger, I saw a loading/install bar/window and messenger placed that sharing folder back into “My Computer” window. Any permanent fix for this? Using the latest version of Windows Live Messenger. Thanks
we need professional help
Hey, I tried the above, and i have the same build, and have a NTFS- formatted hd, but the folder doesn’t dissapear. It says it’s sucessful, but it still won’t work!
Help please?
Latest of Nov 23 2006
regsvr32 -u -s
@charlie
You’ll need an NTFS-formatted hard drive for this feature to work
hey, i saw ur post and i was wondering if u can reverse that? I have trouble not to close it, but to open it. My computer says it doesn’t support sharefolder, i tried to close my firewall down, it didn’t help. reinstalled the program, still didn’t work. And i Just wanna open the share folder. i think mine is Build 8.0.0812.00
thanks
TO DELETE contents in your “My Sharing Folder”
first off, thanks for the headsup Raymond :-)
well, i was abt to do away with the “My Sharing Folder” of my msn too (cos i had trouble deleting some contents in them), when i chanced upon how one should go abt deleting files from there
C:\Documents and Settings\(yourUsername)\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger
substitute (yourUsername) with your actual profile name, you will see yours here : C:\Documents and Settings
say eg, ur name is XXX
then, to access your sharing folder’s contents —> C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger
once here, select the appropriate MSN account (bearing in mind some have more than 1 msn a/c)
cheers
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