How to Remove “Computer” from Windows 7 Explorer’s Navigation Pane?

If you enable "Navigation Pane" in Windows 7 Explorer, it shows following 5 items in the pane:

• Favorites
• Libraries
• Homegroup
• Computer
• Network

This tutorial will help you in removing "Computer" item from the Navigation pane as shown in following screenshot:

Simply follow these simple steps:
1. Type regedit in RUN or startmenu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder

3. Now you'll need to create a new DWORD value "Attributes" in right-side section. But Windows will not allow you to create it as you won't have proper permissions.
To get permissions, first right-click on "ShellFolder" key and select "Permissions".

It'll open a new window. Select "Administrators" in user list and check "Allow" box given for "Full Control" permission.

Click on OK button to apply the changes.
4. Now create a new DWORD value "Attributes" in right-side section and set its value to b094010c
5. That's it. Log off or restart your system and "Computer" will no longer present in Explorer window.
NOTE: If you want to restore "Computer" in Navigation pane, simply delete "Attributes" DWORD created in step 4.