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My Network Places icon
Hi- my friend can't remove this icon from his desktop on Windows ME. Is
there a simple way to do it please? I have suggested various ways that work in XP, but they won't seem to work in ME. |
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My Network Places icon
You can use TweakUI to hide the Network Neighbourhood icon on the desktop.
On the Desktop tab uncheck "Network Neighbourhood" however please note: "Consequences of hiding Network Neighborhood Since shell support for the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) notation is handled by the Network Neighborhood, hiding the Network Neighborhood icon will prevent Explorer from accessing resources via UNCs. In order to access network resources from Explorer, you need to map them to a drive letter. Note that the MS-DOS command prompt and other applications are not affected by this setting, because they do not use the Network Neighborhood to resolve UNCs. In particular, hiding the Network Neighborhood prevents Direct Cable Connection from displaying the contents of the host computer. Aside from this, Direct Cable Connection functions normally. Copyright 1995-1998 Microsoft Corporation" If you haven't got TweakUI the Win Me compatible version (1.33) can be downloaded from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati.../nttweakui.asp) and installed as follows: Download to a folder with a short name (e.g. C:\Tweak), run to extract components, right click on tweakui.inf and then install, close the help window that comes up to allow install to finish. C:\Tweak can now be deleted and TweakUI accessed via the Control Panel. Just a few words of caution if you are new to using TweakUI on Win Me. a) Do not change the first icon (My Documents) on the Desktop tab. Doing this causes a number of script errors in Special Folders when using either WebView or Active desktop. b) Do not uncheck "Search Results" on the Desktop tab. Doing this disables the Search in Explorer. c) Do not hide the TweakUI icon on the Control Panel tab. d) Do not uncheck "Show Control Panel on Start Menu" on the IE tab. Doing this will prevent you from accessing the Control Panel including TweakUI. e) Do not uncheck "Shell Enhancements" on the IE tab. This causes quite a few unexpected "problems". -- Mike Maltby Bill B wrote: Hi- my friend can't remove this icon from his desktop on Windows ME. Is there a simple way to do it please? I have suggested various ways that work in XP, but they won't seem to work in ME. |
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Thanks Mike, that sounds very useful. I will pass that info to my friend but
he will probably want me to do it as he is not very computer literate. I will let you know if it works, probably in a few days when I can get to see him Cheers, Bill "Mike M" wrote in message ... You can use TweakUI to hide the Network Neighbourhood icon on the desktop. On the Desktop tab uncheck "Network Neighbourhood" however please note: "Consequences of hiding Network Neighborhood Since shell support for the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) notation is handled by the Network Neighborhood, hiding the Network Neighborhood icon will prevent Explorer from accessing resources via UNCs. In order to access network resources from Explorer, you need to map them to a drive letter. Note that the MS-DOS command prompt and other applications are not affected by this setting, because they do not use the Network Neighborhood to resolve UNCs. In particular, hiding the Network Neighborhood prevents Direct Cable Connection from displaying the contents of the host computer. Aside from this, Direct Cable Connection functions normally. Copyright 1995-1998 Microsoft Corporation" If you haven't got TweakUI the Win Me compatible version (1.33) can be downloaded from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati.../nttweakui.asp) and installed as follows: Download to a folder with a short name (e.g. C:\Tweak), run to extract components, right click on tweakui.inf and then install, close the help window that comes up to allow install to finish. C:\Tweak can now be deleted and TweakUI accessed via the Control Panel. Just a few words of caution if you are new to using TweakUI on Win Me. a) Do not change the first icon (My Documents) on the Desktop tab. Doing this causes a number of script errors in Special Folders when using either WebView or Active desktop. b) Do not uncheck "Search Results" on the Desktop tab. Doing this disables the Search in Explorer. c) Do not hide the TweakUI icon on the Control Panel tab. d) Do not uncheck "Show Control Panel on Start Menu" on the IE tab. Doing this will prevent you from accessing the Control Panel including TweakUI. e) Do not uncheck "Shell Enhancements" on the IE tab. This causes quite a few unexpected "problems". -- Mike Maltby Bill B wrote: Hi- my friend can't remove this icon from his desktop on Windows ME. Is there a simple way to do it please? I have suggested various ways that work in XP, but they won't seem to work in ME. |
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Hi Mike
He has decided to leave it on. Sorry to have bothered you. Bill "Bill B" wrote in message ... Hi- my friend can't remove this icon from his desktop on Windows ME. Is there a simple way to do it please? I have suggested various ways that work in XP, but they won't seem to work in ME. |
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