Remove the Skydrive shortcut tutorial in the Win8.1 navigation pane.

  
Windows 8.1 integrates with Microsoft's online storage service SkyDrive.
In the past, SkyDrive was just a cloud storage solution. Now it is an auto-run online backup service that allows users to migrate Windows settings from one PC to another.
This article will provide the skydrive shortcut in the Delete Explorer Explorer navigation pane for users who have cleanliness, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or who do not use skydrive.
Declaration: Just a shortcut. If you want to remove skydrive in Windows 8.1, you can try local account or reinstall Win8.1. During system deployment setup, choose not to enable skydrive to synchronize Windows 8.1 settings.
The following involves the registry operation, there are considerable risks, please be cautious of the intention to modify, and use the Rubik's cube master (download) to do a backup job.
Find the registry key below
"[[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{8E74D236-7F35-4720-B138-1FED0B85EA75}\\ShellFolder]"
Modify the right DWord (32-bit) value Attributes key value < Br>F080004d in hexadecimal is changed to f090004d

If you encounter permission problems, right click ShellFolder key value, select "Permissions", click "Advanced"

Click on "Owner" behind "Change", the owner is reduced, from System to Users

type "users" in the text box under "Enter the object name to be selected", OK, exit

Return to ShellFolder's rights management window, click "Add" in the lower left corner

Open the new dialog box, click "Select Subject", type "users" again, and check "Full Control"

Then all the way to "OK", exit all open dialogs.
Try to modify the key value again.
Close the registry, restart file resource management, Skydrive in the navigation pane disappears, and does not affect the synchronization function of Skydrive.


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