Erroneous "My Digital Camera" system folder

[cmg]

xp home v 2002 sp3

In "my computer," there is a "my digital camera" system folder (with a
generic icon, the very first one in shell32.dll); since I don't have a
digital camera, I wonder: why is the icon there, and how can I make it go
away?

Thanks,

Clem.

[alan edwards]

No idea why you call it erroneous but if you really don't want this
system item then...

It is a NameSpace item.
Go to REGEDIT.EXE and the CLSID of the icon will be under the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycomputer\NameSpace\

Your strange item should be in this area and be obvious.
It is most likely the standard item...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{C56C4E21-706D-11d0-AFC5-444553540002}]
@="My Digital Camera"

Delete the item when you are sure. It is a good idea to export the
....\NameSpace\ key to a temp.reg file first, in case of errors

If you are uncomfortable doing this, then ignore it. It does no harm.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:01:24 -0800, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "CMG" <clem3000@gmail.moc> wrote:

>xp home v 2002 sp3
>
>In "my computer," there is a "my digital camera" system folder (with a
>generic icon, the very first one in shell32.dll); since I don't have a
>digital camera, I wonder: why is the icon there, and how can I make it go
>away?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Clem.
>

[cmg]

Thank you, Alan.

Clem.

"Alan Edwards" <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote in message
news:m876i5dtcved7cpooqbv7p03b6lhgnccl1@4ax.com...
> No idea why you call it erroneous but if you really don't want this
> system item then...
>
> It is a NameSpace item.
> Go to REGEDIT.EXE and the CLSID of the icon will be under the key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycomputer\NameSpace\
>
> Your strange item should be in this area and be obvious.
> It is most likely the standard item...
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{C56C4E21-706D-11d0-AFC5-444553540002}]
> @="My Digital Camera"
>
> Delete the item when you are sure. It is a good idea to export the
> ...\NameSpace\ key to a temp.reg file first, in case of errors
>
> If you are uncomfortable doing this, then ignore it. It does no harm.
>
> ...Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:01:24 -0800, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "CMG" <clem3000@gmail.moc> wrote:
>
>>xp home v 2002 sp3
>>
>>In "my computer," there is a "my digital camera" system folder (with a
>>generic icon, the very first one in shell32.dll); since I don't have a
>>digital camera, I wonder: why is the icon there, and how can I make it go
>>away?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Clem.
>>

[cmg]

Thank you, Jim.

Clem.

"Jim" <j.n@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:Os7rWy1eKHA.2460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "CMG" <clem3000@gmail.moc> wrote in message
> news:u%23eIxdteKHA.5228@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> xp home v 2002 sp3
>>
>> In "my computer," there is a "my digital camera" system folder (with a
>> generic icon, the very first one in shell32.dll); since I don't have a
>> digital camera, I wonder: why is the icon there, and how can I make it go
>> away?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Clem.
>>
> It was put there by the installation of XP. It ought to be empty. It
> does no harm to have an empty system folder like this. So, quit worrying.
> Jim
>
>