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Old January 19th 06, 03:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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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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Old January 19th 06, 04:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default 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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Old January 19th 06, 06:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default My Network Places icon

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
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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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Old January 20th 06, 02:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default My Network Places icon

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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