User Shell Folders Subkey: Core Services

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User Shell Folders Subkey

Updated: March 28, 2003

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

User Shell Folders

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

The User Shell Folders subkey stores the paths to Windows Explorer folders for the current user of the computer.

Note

The entries in this subkey can also appear in the subkey Shell Folders. Both the subkeys Shell Folders and User Shell Folders can appear in both the keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER. The entries that appear in user User Shell Folders take precedence over those in Shell Folders. The entries that appear in HKEY_CURRENT_USER take precedence over those in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.