User Shell Folders Subkey

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

Description

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.

See Also

Concepts

Shell Folders Subkey
Explorer\Shell Folders
Explorer\User Shell Folders