HP "Share-to-Web Upload folder" uninstallable ? / Relation..

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I have a folderr on my desktop called "Share-to-web upload folder".
I assume this folder was created by some installation of my HP Precisionscan scanner software.

However I never needed or used this folder in the past.
Can I uninstall this folder without negative impact on my scanner software?

In other words: Is this folder independent from HP Precisionscan software?

Frank

 

[cyberdjox]

"Share-to-Web Upload Folder"
is not a file. It is a folder with a special abilities.
Most of its settings and values that cause this folder to exist, are stored in the windows registry. I encountered a problem while

removing this icon from my desktop the usual way.
I am user of Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems, and this problem ocured on Windows Vista.
There was no Delete option, and the only way to remove it, is by using its own special options provided by that icon when clicked

with right mouse button on it.
These options offered to "Not show this icon on desktop".
But, whenever i select that option, and click "Next>" the application freezes.
And that's it... end of the story, you can't remove
it ...you can't do anything...

But actually you can ... here is how i did it.


The following steps should help removing this icon from desktop: ...



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1. Start > Run > "regedit.exe" {enter}

2. Click the computer icon on the top of the branch on the left side.

3. Edit > Find > "Share-to-Web Upload Folder" {enter}

4.
...found something like this...

{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9} > delete the entire folder from the branch on the left side.

NOTICE: The "{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}" value might be different from the one I found.

5.
Edit > Find Next (or you can click F3)

...
{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9} > delete it.

Edit > Find Next ...

Key: {A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9} > delete it.

Find Next ...

{repeat these steps "Find next, delete" until you delete all the values containing the word "Share-to-Web Upload Folder"}

......

Finished searching.

6. Refresh your desktop, and the icon is gone, removed.

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There is no need to uninstall the program that is related to this icon.
If the program such as scanning software (related to this icon) works then it would be a good idea to leave it.
The only problem I had was removing this icon, because i didn't really need it.
Everything else worked just fine.
Windows registry in windows operating systems is database that holds all settings related information.
There you can change all sorts of stuff related to installed applications and operating system itself.
Editing the windows registry in wrong ways could cause a system damage.
The steps given above edit a windows registry and should not cause any kind of system damage.

 

[Fitz_24]

It worked for me! But, because I had deleted all the HP Share-to-Web Folders from my win 7 pc/registry previously (long process), Share-to-Web Upload Folder didn't show up in the registry search, so I entered {A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9} instead and used the method as given...(backed up registry first though) and 4 of them came up, and I deleted all 4. Big thanks!