Windows7 Home Premium
After hours of being annoyed........
1. Homegroup Icon:
open my computer, control panel, system and security, administrative tools, services, then scroll down to: homeGroup listener and homeGroup provider, disable both. close out, log off. the icon should be gone when you log back on.
2. Libraries Icon: carefully.......please, if no experience in registry get help.
go to: start, run, type in: regedit, select the HKEY_Local_Machine key, navigate down finding: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace
You will see several hexadecimal strings, select each one in turn, and the right pane will show you which icon is being selected. my library icon was the very first string and showed two lines on the right side of the page, first being: usersLibraries and the second being: remove message.
when you find the appropriate library string, make a new folder in your my documents named: registry back up, then highlight the string on the left, go up to the top left of the registry page and click on, file then export. save the registry file in your new folder location. I also saved the two files on the right side of the page and named them what they were called on the page, so I would know what they were. (not sure I had to but did)
After saving the registry files, next you can delete the string you have highlighted on the left which in turn, shows the name userLibraries (on the right side of the page).
Poof it is finally Gone! and always available in your saved folder
Hope this helps
PedroB wrote:
W7 - Homegroup & Libraries Desktop Icons
26-Oct-09
Hi Everyon
I have used Vista Home Premium for a year or so now and I have installed Window
7 Home Premium Upgrade and so far so good - I am pretty impressed to thi
point
I am, however, becoming very frustrated trying to get rid of Homegroup an
Libraries folders on the desktop. I know if I right click on Homegroup
there is an option for 'change homegroup settings' (from what I have seen o
various Google listings) but there is not the option to 'leave th
homegroup', etc on my machine
I am the only person using the PC so the Homegroup option will not be any use t
me. I also cannot delete the 'Libraries' folder from the desktop. I hav
hunted high & low for an option somewhere to remove the links from th
desktop by unticking a couple of boxes, to no avail :-
Other options I have found on Google included altering registry entries but
do not want to go down that route
Can anyone help please
PeteB
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W7 - Homegroup & Libraries Desktop Icons
Hi Everyon
I have used Vista Home Premium for a year or so now and I have installed Window
7 Home Premium Upgrade and so far so good - I am pretty impressed to thi
point
I am, however, becoming very frustrated trying to get rid of Homegroup an
Libraries folders on the desktop. I know if I right click on Homegroup
there is an option for 'change homegroup settings' (from what I have seen o
various Google listings) but there is not the option to 'leave th
homegroup', etc on my machine
I am the only person using the PC so the Homegroup option will not be any use t
me. I also cannot delete the 'Libraries' folder from the desktop. I hav
hunted high & low for an option somewhere to remove the links from th
desktop by unticking a couple of boxes, to no avail :-
Other options I have found on Google included altering registry entries but
do not want to go down that route
Can anyone help please
PeteB
How did you get these on the desktop in the first place?
How did you get these on the desktop in the first place? They do not appea
on my version...
Re post in the MS Windows 7 forum
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7
Hi GordonThey were both on the desktop after installation and I cannot delete
Hi Gordo
They were both on the desktop after installation and I cannot delete them a
you would any other folder.
Pete
PedroB wrote:If you are not intimidated by regedit.
PedroB wrote:
If you are not intimidated by regedit.exe there iseems to be a solution.
Removing Libraries and HomeGroup icons from the Windows 7 desktop
http://szeiger.de/blog/2009/08/11/
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Hi KristleBawlThanks - I think I will have to 'bite the bullet' and try the
Hi KristleBawl
Thanks - I think I will have to 'bite the bullet' and try the registry option.
Pete
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