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You have a choice to display the desired standard icons on the Desktop. If you don’t use any network services, you can hide the “My Network Places” icon from Desktop and Windows Explorer.
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Hide My Network Places icon from Desktop.reg
The ".reg" file can hide My Network Places icon from desktop.
Show My Network Places icons on desktop (Default).reg
The ".reg" file can show My Network Places icon from desktop.
Registry Entry Details:
Steps ScreenShots:
Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.
Standard icon 'My Network Places' is removed from the Desktop.
'My Network Places' icon is visible by default.
First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Policies\Explorer\],right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "NoNetHood" in "Explorer" key.
Next, right-click on "NoNetHood" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) in the text box and click on 'OK'.
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