My general preference with XP was to set all folder to "list" view, tell the system to apply that view to all folders, and then change individual ones to other view types as I preferred. Win7 doesn't ...
You can check out the list of items being removed below, with Microsoft noting that they aren't disappearing entirely - though they'll only be accessible via modifying registry settings. This means ...
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