Tweak Library – Show special icons in “My Computer”.

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Show special icons in “My Computer”.

This setting enables you to set the icons you want to show in “My Computer” next to your hard drives. It's usually in the group “Other”.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to set the icons you want to show in “My Computer” next to your hard drives. It's usually in the group “Other”.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, create all or selective keys on the path from the below list, to show the desired special icons in “My Computer”.

Special Icons	Key Value
Network Connections	{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Scheduled Tasks	{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Mobile Devices	{49BF5420-FA7F-11cf-8011-00A0C90A8F78}
Printers	{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

However, if you want to get back to the original state, delete the added keys.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{49BF5420-FA7F-11cf-8011-00A0C90A8F78}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 4 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

It can add special folders in "My Computer" section which are visible under the group "Other"

The special folders are removed from "My Computer" section.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\] key, right-click and click on the "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}".

Third, the created key '{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}' for "Network Connections" is visible.

Fourth, right-click on the 'NameSpace' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}".

Fifth, the create key '{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}' for "Scheduled Tasks" is visible.

Sixth, right-click on the 'NameSpace' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{49BF5420-FA7F-11cf-8011-00A0C90A8F78}".

Seventh, the created key '{49BF5420-FA7F-11cf-8011-00A0C90A8F78}' for "Mobile Devices" is visible.

Eighth, right-click on the 'NameSpace' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}".

Finally, the created key '{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}' for "Printers" is visible.