Hide the Network tab in Windows Media Player.
This setting can hide the Network tab from Options menu items of Tools menu in Windows Media Player.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
This setting hides the network tab from options menu items of tools menu in windows media player. The default network settings are used unless the user has previously defined network settings for the player. The network tab can be used to configure proxy setting and streaming protocols. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey windowsmediaplayer is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create a dword value hidenetworktab. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can hide the network tab. However, if you want to show the tab back, change the value to 0 or delete the key windowsmediaplayer. 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.
This setting hides the network tab from options menu items of tools menu in windows media player. The default network settings are used unless the user has previously defined network settings for the player. The network tab can be used to configure proxy setting and streaming protocols. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey windowsmediaplayer is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create a dword value hidenetworktab. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can hide the network tab. However, if you want to show the tab back, change the value to 0 or delete the key windowsmediaplayer. 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'.

Second, go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\] </b> and create a new key 'WindowsMediaPlayer'.

Now, create a DWORD value 'HideNetworkTab' under the key 'Windows Media Player'.

Next, right click on the DWORD value 'HideNetworkTab' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '1' and click 'OK' to hide 'Network' tab from 'Windows Media Player'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: WindowsMediaPlayer
- Data Type: Key
- Action Type: Add an Entry
- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: HideNetworkTab
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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