Remove Network Neighborhood Icon

Keywords: 	 Network Neighborhood Icon

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Question:

I am a new user, can anyone tell me how to remove the Network Neighborhood icon off of the Desktop?

Answer:

1. Much easier and safer to use the following:

   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer "NoNetHood"=dword:00000001
   

   Gets rid of the Net hood icon on the desktop

   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network "NoEntireNetwork"=dword:00000001
   

   removes the Entire network option from the nethood

   As I recall, there are instances after bootup that you may want to use UNCs and you can toggle the NoNetHood value to 0 then back to 1 after the command is issued.

   Fact is such security issues are the whole point behind what our company does, and 75% of the chunking is done with compiled winbatch doing such quick changes before and after an action.

2. And someone else reported:

   It's easier to fire up the System Policy Editor (POLEDIT.EXE) and use Windows' system policies. This doesn't require hand-tweaking the Registry and making (semi-) permanent changes that are hard to undo.

   I think Microsoft's TweakUI freebie GUI add-on also has a provision to easily do this within a Control Panel, checkbox-style environment.

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Article ID:   W14836