I have 2 pc's on a router mine is using winme i am wanting
to get rid of the my network places icon from my desktop.
any suggestions as to the easiest way to do this? does the
win98se version of poledit still work and if so how. ??
thanks

Re: network places icon in WinMe by Mike

Mike
Sat Sep 06 12:23:33 CDT 2003

The Win98 Resource Kit poledit works on Win Me but not all policies will work.
You can also use TweakUI. Note though that hiding the Network Places icon
will mean that Explorer cannot access resources using UNC and can cause
problems when using Direct Cable Connection.

If you don't have TweakUI the version of TweakUI for Win Me (1.33) can be
obtained from
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/powertoys/networking/nttweakui.asp

Download to a folder with a short name (e.g. C:\Tweak), run to extract
components, right click on tweakui.inf and then install, close the help
window that comes up to allow install to finish. C:\Tweak can now be
deleted and TweakUI accessed via the Control Panel.

Just a few words of caution though if you are new to using TweakUI on Win Me.
a) Do not change the first icon (My Computer) on the Desktop tab.
Doing this causes a number of script errors in Special Folders when using
either WebView or Active desktop.
b) Do not uncheck "Search Results" on the Desktop tab.
Doing this disables the Search in Explorer.
c) Do not hide the TweakUI icon on the Control Panel tab.
d) Do not uncheck "Show Control Panel on Start Menu" on the IE tab.
Doing this will prevent you from accessing the Control Panel including
TweakUI.
e) Do not uncheck "Shell Enhancements" on the IE tab.
This causes quite a few unexpected "problems".
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


rob rockett <robrockett@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have 2 pc's on a router mine is using winme i am wanting
> to get rid of the my network places icon from my desktop.
> any suggestions as to the easiest way to do this? does the
> win98se version of poledit still work and if so how. ??
> thanks



Re: network places icon in WinMe by rob

rob
Sat Sep 06 15:06:30 CDT 2003

thanks for the reminder i had forgotten about some of
the hazards deleting it from the desktop... i'll live with
it ..
>-----Original Message-----
>The Win98 Resource Kit poledit works on Win Me but not
all policies will work.
>You can also use TweakUI. Note though that hiding the
Network Places icon
>will mean that Explorer cannot access resources using UNC
and can cause
>problems when using Direct Cable Connection.
>
>If you don't have TweakUI the version of TweakUI for Win
Me (1.33) can be
>obtained from
>http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/powertoys
/networking/nttweakui.asp
>
>Download to a folder with a short name (e.g. C:\Tweak),
run to extract
>components, right click on tweakui.inf and then install,
close the help
>window that comes up to allow install to finish.
C:\Tweak can now be
>deleted and TweakUI accessed via the Control Panel.
>
>Just a few words of caution though if you are new to
using TweakUI on Win Me.
>a) Do not change the first icon (My Computer) on the
Desktop tab.
>Doing this causes a number of script errors in Special
Folders when using
>either WebView or Active desktop.
>b) Do not uncheck "Search Results" on the Desktop tab.
>Doing this disables the Search in Explorer.
>c) Do not hide the TweakUI icon on the Control Panel tab.
>d) Do not uncheck "Show Control Panel on Start Menu" on
the IE tab.
>Doing this will prevent you from accessing the Control
Panel including
>TweakUI.
>e) Do not uncheck "Shell Enhancements" on the IE tab.
>This causes quite a few unexpected "problems".
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
>rob rockett <robrockett@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> I have 2 pc's on a router mine is using winme i am
wanting
>> to get rid of the my network places icon from my
desktop.
>> any suggestions as to the easiest way to do this? does
the
>> win98se version of poledit still work and if so how. ??
>> thanks
>
>
>.
>