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remove homegroup icon from desktop
How do I remove the "homegroup" icon from the 8.1 desktop? I have
didn't put it there nor used/create any homegroup settings on the laptop. It is believed that one of the "updates" put the homegroup icon on the desktop & cannot be removed. I tried to move the icon to a desktop folder & all it did was to create a "shortcut" in the folder with the homegroup icon remaining. A right-click to show the context menu do not show any means for deletion or "unpinning" (the pin is only for the taskbar). Will dig into it more later, but did anyone else have the same thing? The homegroup icon just happened yesterday (or I only noticed its appearance last night). The laptop has only been used to view videos since installing win8 after a reformatting the boot/system partition. Definitely happy I went back to win7 on the desktop.... |
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remove homegroup icon from desktop
"Never mind"; false alarm?
I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. On 2013-11-10, generic name wrote: How do I remove the "homegroup" icon from the 8.1 desktop? I have didn't put it there nor used/create any homegroup settings on the laptop. It is believed that one of the "updates" put the homegroup icon on the desktop & cannot be removed. I tried to move the icon to a desktop folder & all it did was to create a "shortcut" in the folder with the homegroup icon remaining. A right-click to show the context menu do not show any means for deletion or "unpinning" (the pin is only for the taskbar). Will dig into it more later, but did anyone else have the same thing? The homegroup icon just happened yesterday (or I only noticed its appearance last night). The laptop has only been used to view videos since installing win8 after a reformatting the boot/system partition. Definitely happy I went back to win7 on the desktop.... |
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remove homegroup icon from desktop
On 11/10/2013 12:22 PM, generic name wrote:
"Never mind"; false alarm? I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. It's happened to me a couple of times on Win 8. IIRC all I had to do was reboot the computer to get rid of it. |
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remove homegroup icon from desktop
On 2013-11-10, Ron wrote:
On 11/10/2013 12:22 PM, generic name wrote: "Never mind"; false alarm? I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. It's happened to me a couple of times on Win 8. IIRC all I had to do was reboot the computer to get rid of it. hmmmm...quite suspicious. Wonder if the skype is trying to backdoor into the computer & have the ms "cloud" as part of the homegroup. |
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remove homegroup icon from desktop
generic name wrote:
On 2013-11-10, Ron wrote: On 11/10/2013 12:22 PM, generic name wrote: "Never mind"; false alarm? I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. It's happened to me a couple of times on Win 8. IIRC all I had to do was reboot the computer to get rid of it. hmmmm...quite suspicious. Wonder if the skype is trying to backdoor into the computer & have the ms "cloud" as part of the homegroup. It's probably safe to remove the tinfoil. Skype isn't that good. Have you ensured that Homegroup and related services are not enabled. If not using Homegroup. - Leave the Home Group (rt click Homegroup folder in navigation pane in Windows Explorer, Change Settings (or Winkey+C, Settings, Change PC settings, Homegroup, Leave Homegroup) - Disable Homegroup services (HomeGroup Listener, HomeGroup Provider) There is also a Win7 method (proceed at your own risk) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dd-remove.html -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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remove homegroup icon from desktop
On 2013-11-11, ...winston wrote:
generic name wrote: On 2013-11-10, Ron wrote: On 11/10/2013 12:22 PM, generic name wrote: "Never mind"; false alarm? I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. It's happened to me a couple of times on Win 8. IIRC all I had to do was reboot the computer to get rid of it. hmmmm...quite suspicious. Wonder if the skype is trying to backdoor into the computer & have the ms "cloud" as part of the homegroup. It's probably safe to remove the tinfoil. Skype isn't that good. Have you ensured that Homegroup and related services are not enabled. If not using Homegroup. - Leave the Home Group (rt click Homegroup folder in navigation pane in Windows Explorer, Change Settings (or Winkey+C, Settings, Change PC settings, Homegroup, Leave Homegroup) - Disable Homegroup services (HomeGroup Listener, HomeGroup Provider) There is also a Win7 method (proceed at your own risk) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dd-remove.html thanks for the link. I never had the homegroup icon on win7. But then I check what was my homegroup settings & see I have unchecked all items so that nothing is shared on the desktop; will have to see what happened with the laptop & win8.1 (thought I unchecked everything). One thing tho, I have been naively thinking that a "homegroup" must exist if one is on a "network" (lan); but it appears one doesn't as it was just written so that it appears to be so by ms. |
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remove homegroup icon from desktop
generic name wrote:
On 2013-11-11, ...winston wrote: generic name wrote: On 2013-11-10, Ron wrote: On 11/10/2013 12:22 PM, generic name wrote: "Never mind"; false alarm? I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. It's happened to me a couple of times on Win 8. IIRC all I had to do was reboot the computer to get rid of it. hmmmm...quite suspicious. Wonder if the skype is trying to backdoor into the computer & have the ms "cloud" as part of the homegroup. It's probably safe to remove the tinfoil. Skype isn't that good. Have you ensured that Homegroup and related services are not enabled. If not using Homegroup. - Leave the Home Group (rt click Homegroup folder in navigation pane in Windows Explorer, Change Settings (or Winkey+C, Settings, Change PC settings, Homegroup, Leave Homegroup) - Disable Homegroup services (HomeGroup Listener, HomeGroup Provider) There is also a Win7 method (proceed at your own risk) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dd-remove.html thanks for the link. I never had the homegroup icon on win7. But then I check what was my homegroup settings & see I have unchecked all items so that nothing is shared on the desktop; will have to see what happened with the laptop & win8.1 (thought I unchecked everything). One thing tho, I have been naively thinking that a "homegroup" must exist if one is on a "network" (lan); but it appears one doesn't as it was just written so that it appears to be so by ms. HomeGroup is not required. Traditionally Workgroup (same Workgroup name on each networked machine) networking is still supported. HomeGroup, also, is only applicable to Win7 and later o/s. For some it is an easier way to setup multiple devices when using the supported o/s. Others continue to prefer the earlier route (Workgroup) The Win7 link was only provided as an option. Never used or needed it on Win7.....thus the caution to proceed at your own risk especially since the link provides a reg file. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On 2013-11-11 2:22 AM, ...winston wrote:
generic name wrote: On 2013-11-10, Ron wrote: On 11/10/2013 12:22 PM, generic name wrote: "Never mind"; false alarm? I just checked again & the homegroup icon is no longer there. There was a win8.1 update on 11/8/2013 which most likely accounted for the icon's appearance & since I "didn't do anything" with it, it's not there now. Will now be checking if it appears again. It's happened to me a couple of times on Win 8. IIRC all I had to do was reboot the computer to get rid of it. hmmmm...quite suspicious. Wonder if the skype is trying to backdoor into the computer & have the ms "cloud" as part of the homegroup. It's probably safe to remove the tinfoil. Skype isn't that good. Have you ensured that Homegroup and related services are not enabled. If not using Homegroup. - Leave the Home Group (rt click Homegroup folder in navigation pane in Windows Explorer, Change Settings (or Winkey+C, Settings, Change PC settings, Homegroup, Leave Homegroup) - Disable Homegroup services (HomeGroup Listener, HomeGroup Provider) There is also a Win7 method (proceed at your own risk) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dd-remove.html Right, just disable the two services .. and Homegroup clears out of your way. Click the icon of a Folder on your Taskbar (it launches Windows Explorer). On the Ribbon toolbar click "Manage". Go to Services and look for both: HomeGroup Listener, HomeGroup Provider and set both to Disabled through their properties. WireTalk -- Are you Christian? But stumbling online? The Lord makes all things new: http://www.holinessprompter.com -- And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. 1 John 3 : 3 -- |
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