My Network Places displayed Shares

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Kevin

I would like to modify my view settings (and/or registry)
in XP Pro so that I do not see all of my Shares
below 'Entire Network' in 'My Network Places'.
FYI - Shares are with a Workgroup using NetBEUI protocol -
only).
I thought this would be easy, but, so far, the answer
eludes me.
Can anyone offer a little help please?
Thanks.
 
Hi Kevin,

Two options to consider: Disable Recent Shares in Network Places

This restriction stops remote shared folders from being added to Network
Places whenever you open a document in the shared folder. Per User or Per
System

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

Value Name: NoRecentDocsNetHood
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = track shares, 1 = disable tracking)

Second one: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters

Value Name: AutoShareServer, AutoShareWks
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable shares, 1 = enable)

Create a new DWORD value of either 'AutoShareWks' for NT Workstation or
'AutoShareServer' for NT server. Then set the value to equal '0' to disable
automatic sharing. If the values already exist then modify them to change
the value.

Restart Windows and the automatic shares should not be created.
 
Kelly ... thank you very much for your help ...
Q. - If I were to implement your second option of
disabling 'AutoShareWks' or 'AutoShareServer' (BTW - are
these NT Workstation / Server reg entries applicable to
Win XP Pro?), would I be disabling actual access to
shared folders? You see, I still want sharing to occur,
I just don't want My Network Places populated with all
the recent share names - I prefer to navigate to them as
required and keep them from being displayed conspicuously.
Thanks again eh?
-----Original Message-----
Hi Kevin,

Two options to consider: Disable Recent Shares in Network Places

This restriction stops remote shared folders from being added to Network
Places whenever you open a document in the shared folder. Per User or Per
System

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Policies\
Explorer]
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\Policies\
Explorer]

Value Name: NoRecentDocsNetHood
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = track shares, 1 = disable tracking)

Second one: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lanm anServer\
Parameters

Value Name: AutoShareServer, AutoShareWks
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable shares, 1 = enable)

Create a new DWORD value of either 'AutoShareWks' for NT Workstation or
'AutoShareServer' for NT server. Then set the value to equal '0' to disable
automatic sharing. If the values already exist then modify them to change
the value.

Restart Windows and the automatic shares should not be created.

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Kelly

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I would like to modify my view settings (and/or registry)
in XP Pro so that I do not see all of my Shares
below 'Entire Network' in 'My Network Places'.
FYI - Shares are with a Workgroup using NetBEUI protocol -
only).
I thought this would be easy, but, so far, the answer
eludes me.
Can anyone offer a little help please?
Thanks.
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