Remove libraries icon windows 7 group policy

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Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 User Interface. Sign in to vote. How do I remove these icons? As previously posted, upgraded from Vista with classic mode. Sunday, May 10, AM. To remove the Homegroup and Libraries icons from your desktop, open regedit. The value of the default item should be "Other users". This is the registry entry Homegroup icon. Delete the folder from the registry. The value of the default item should be "Libraries". This is the registry entry This is the Libraries icon.

Go to your desktop and hit F5, the icons should disappear. Libraries and Homegroup have retained their full functionality as far as I can tell, so it hasn't appeared to have affected the programs at all. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. For more information about modifying the registry, see Microsoft support article Monday, June 8, AM.

Ferguson 0. What happened previously, when you took ownership? Rating posts helps other users. Sunday, May 10, PM. The Libraries was there but the Home Group appeared after I went through a home group configuration and password dialogue. Only way to remove them is select don't show desktop icons and select not to store deletes in recycle bin. They do not show up in the desktop icons selections?

Only other concern now is the greyed out icons in my tray, they are active but no colour or animation? The wireless connection icon shows up with animation for a min or so, then greys out again. If I click on any of them they display in pop up fine.

No, 'ownership' of an object is set on the Security tab of its properties. The Notification icon for the wireless connection is probably showing connection failure because you do not have a good enough driver for that wireless device on Windows 7.

Monday, May 11, PM. There is only one issue: yes it will make these icons dissapear from desktop but they also dissappear from navigation pane in Windows Explorer window on the left hand side :- So the real question is: is there a way not to have these icons on the desktop but retain them in the navigation pane!

Thanks PS these icons should be manageable the same way "My computer", "Trash" Wednesday, July 8, PM. I just installed the release candidate. Before installing, I had used easy transfer to save my settings from XP Pro. I initially did not have the homegroup and library icons on the desktop.

After I used easytransfer to restore my settings, they appeared and I cannot get rid of them. If I change my network location to work from home, the homegroup icon disappears.

All the new options for Folder Redirection are available, just can't see these settings? Thanks very much. Originally Posted by ces Thanks to EJWill from: ces 16th December Originally Posted by EJWill. Smart find. However it only details how to hide the library if you were to modifiy each individual machine. I was lead to believe Preference Group Policy settings would only work on Server Sadly we're still using and won't be migrating anytime soon.

I have scoured the SevenForums. So to save others the leg work, this is what I have: Code:. See for a R2 dummy like myself, how do I add that so that it is implimented? You will need to paste this into a txt file with the extension '. You should be able to browse for your adm in here and add it to your policy.