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

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

"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."

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

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

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