Prevent display of My Network Places icon on desktop (For Current User).

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:
The thought of clutter-free desktop since windows xp, present recycle bin as the only icon on the desktop. You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the desktop. To allow using the icons available with old systems, windows provides new start menu, which shows some of the common icons in its 2-panel display. However, if you switch to classic start menu style, all the old icons are displayed by default. Through this setting you can hide the my network places icon, if displayed on your desktop. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the dword value {208d2c60-3aea-1069-a2d7-08002b30309d}, in the right panel, to 1 which can hide my network places icon on desktop. However, if you show the icon again, change the value data to 0 or delete the value. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: the restrictions will apply only when you use new start menu display. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.