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Restore MY Network Places
Have Dell XPS 933 machine on home network with 2
Windows XP units. Router is Linkseys BEFSR41. Can locate shared folders from XP machines using C:\Windows\ NETHOOD on Me machine. However, would prefer using My Network Places instead. Where do I find it? Does it exist in my version of Me? (Me OS version 4.90.3000A) TIA!!! Hal Wexler |
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Restore MY Network Places
If My Network is missing from your desktop have you perhaps hidden the
icon using TweakUI? You will find this option as a check box in the section "Special desktop icons" on the Desktop tab in TweakUI. -- Mike Maltby Hal Wexler wrote: Have Dell XPS 933 machine on home network with 2 Windows XP units. Router is Linkseys BEFSR41. Can locate shared folders from XP machines using C:\Windows\ NETHOOD on Me machine. However, would prefer using My Network Places instead. Where do I find it? Does it exist in my version of Me? (Me OS version 4.90.3000A) TIA!!! Hal Wexler |
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Restore MY Network Places
"Mike M" wrote in message ... If My Network is missing from your desktop have you perhaps hidden the icon using TweakUI? You will find this option as a check box in the section "Special desktop icons" on the Desktop tab in TweakUI. -- Mike Maltby Thanks for responding. Haven't Tweak UI installed. Don't recall ever seeing "My Network Places" on my computer. I can still share folders, but the process is more tedious without "My Network Places." |
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Hal Wexler wrote:
Thanks for responding. Haven't Tweak UI installed. Don't recall ever seeing "My Network Places" on my computer. I can still share folders, but the process is more tedious without "My Network Places." In which case try installing TweakUI and using that to re-enable the My Network desktop icon. 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 MS-MVP Windows |
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Restore MY Network Places
In which case try installing TweakUI and using that to re-enable the My Network desktop icon. 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. Thank you!! Followed your instructions. I Now have My Network Places where I want it. It shows in Windows Explorer and does the job. Hal wexler 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 MS-MVP Windows |
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Restore MY Network Places
That's good to read Hal. Thanks for posting back and letting the group
know you've managed to fix the problem. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows Hal Wexler wrote: Thank you!! Followed your instructions. I Now have My Network Places where I want it. It shows in Windows Explorer and does the job. Hal wexler |
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