Comments (34)

1. February 21, 2008
   Michael

   Great job on the site, the regular updates here are always insightful!

2. February 21, 2008
   The Geek

   Thanks!

3. February 21, 2008
   Chris

   I have Home Basic and don’t have this ‘Web Folder’ you talk about

4. February 21, 2008
   The Geek

   @Chris

   Not everybody has the folder, it depends on what software you have installed. I simply wrote this for those people that do have it and are wondering how to get rid of it.

5. May 18, 2008
   Steph

   Any tips on how to *change* a web folder icon? I’ve been through all the network settings I can find, there’s nothing but a general tab under Rclick->properties.. help? :) Thanks!

6. September 6, 2008
   darrel

   thank you for helping me with the steps to delete WEB FOLDER icon from My computer window …thx again

7. September 18, 2008
   Dave

   Both solutions did not work. Help.

8. December 19, 2008
   rohan

   Workd like a charm!
   thnx very much!

9. December 27, 2008
   Starkiller

   didn’t have a web-folder on my system, but I had an entry from “Nero scout” there, which I never used, got rid of it this way, thx (the actual name is on the right in clear text)

10. January 5, 2009
    Jason

    Hey thank you for the tip. It worked like a charm.

11. January 7, 2009
    artful

    Both solutions did not work for me either – the icon appeared in explorer after the computer got infected with the srosa trojan, which I finally got rid of, but now I can’t get rid of “Web Folders”

12. January 24, 2009
    Zeff

    If this didn’t work…
    Also try finding the value in :
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace]
    as well as HKLM.

13. February 1, 2009
    Mike

    How did you get web folders to begin with?! I need it!

14. February 11, 2009
    Tarek

    Thanks

15. April 23, 2009
    Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shedeed

    As Zeff said .

16. July 24, 2009
    reza

    thanks thanks thanks a lot a lot alot
    I love you
    merci

17. September 18, 2009
    msraju

    thank you for give a super idea. It is working 100%.

18. February 3, 2010
    Mattie

    Click Start/Run and type “webfldrs.msi /uninstall” (without the quotes)

19. July 7, 2010
    Franco

    Thanks! I had been looking for this for months… very useful :)

20. September 29, 2010
    malik

    thank u very much.i got rid of the web folder.

21. October 14, 2010
    iMike

    @Zeff it worked, thanks a lot, good work. I am really happy now.

22. November 26, 2010
    UDAYA SAGAR

    not worked……………………………..

23. November 27, 2010
    Anton

    Its working…
    but with also delete [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace]
    thanks.. !!!

24. January 14, 2011
    veeru

    really worked super…thnx…

25. January 25, 2011
    Shaival

    Thanx Anton

26. February 16, 2011
    piyush

    Thanks its fine ,
    how easy it is.
    i ccan’t believe

27. March 31, 2011
    Dk.sam

    hello…
    first thanks for the tip i really tried to work it up but it still there i have xp software plz tall me what to do as soon as any one have another solution Thanks. =)

28. March 31, 2011
    Dk.sam

    @Zeff….you are the man,thanks every one so much.

29. April 3, 2011
    Pedro

    Hi guys and galls , i did all the solutions here and none solved my problem .
    At registry “namespace” i only have 3 registry keys for portable devices and scanners , none of them are related to this folder on explorer .
    i applyed the reg file but didnt solve nothing .
    also looked for HKLM and nothing there .
    tryed on run command to uninstall webfldrs.msi but i recieve this message :
    “This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and you can access it , or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer patch package” .

    anyone have more solutions to try here ?

    Thanks a lot

30. April 3, 2011
    Pedro

    got it , i was more complicated but it worked , if you have the same problem as me then follow these steps :

    Remove this key from registry :

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Clsid\{BDEADF00-C265-11d0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}

    then goto explorer and do the refresh

    if the folder appears as system folder then click with right button on mouse in it and delete it .

31. June 18, 2011
    john-1234

    I have a better idea of removing web folders in windows xp it is 1000000% successful,working,correct,safe
    and best.

    ” Let say you have only one windows installed on your system in drive C: ” . Mine is different so you must know your home drive letter.

    1. Go to your WINDOWS Directory folder and then go to SYSTEM32 folder.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32.

    2. Now find a file name ” webfldrs.msi ” and run it!

    C:\WINDOWS\system32\webfldrs.msi.

    3. Now You Have Three Options To Select.Select The “3rd One”

    => Remove All

    4. Follow the onscreen instruction.

    &

    “You Are Done”

    I GUARANTEE YOU THAT “WEB FOLDERS” WILL BE REMOVED FROM YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM…!

32. July 19, 2011
    Mumin

    Thanks ever so much, the .reg entries are BRILLIANTLY USEFUL becuase the WF icon does sometimes decide to resurrect itself spontaneously at times. Thanks once again, and tweeted.

33. August 18, 2011
    Edgar

    Thanks for the tip, “web folders” –> removed =)..
    greetings from Guatemala

34. September 29, 2011
    ebrahim

    Thank you Thank you Thank you
    We have helped me a great deal!
    I wish you luck and greetings to you.