Hide My Network Places icon from Desktop and Windows Explorer.

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You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the Desktop. If you dont use any network services, you can hide the My Network Places icon from Desktop and Windows Explorer.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the desktop. If you dont use any network services, you can hide the my network places icon from desktop and windows explorer. My network places enables you to access network configured in home or small office environment or at wide area. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value nonethood, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value data to 1 which can hide the my network places icon on desktop. However, if you want to show the icon back, change the value to 0. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Policies\Explorer\]</b>,right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "NoNetHood" in "Explorer" key.
Next, right-click on "NoNetHood" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) in the text box and click on 'OK'.


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoNetHood
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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