Remove ''My Bluetooth Places'' Icon From Desktop
Monday, February 16, 2004 at 3:18 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steggles!
(1 messages posted)
If you've ever installed a Bluetooth-enabled device in Windows, you'll quickly notice
the seemingly-impossible-to-remove "My Bluetooth Places" icon on your desktop. I
was able to remove mine by deleting the following _tree_ from the Windows Registry
(using regedit.exe):
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}]
@="My Bluetooth Places"
"InfoTip"="My Bluetooth Places"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\btneighborhood.dll,1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\btneighborhood.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\Shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\Shell\Add a Bluetooth
Device]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\Shell\Add a Bluetooth
Device\Command]
@="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\BtWizard.dll,ShowWizard"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,a0
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}\TypeLib]
@="{6af09eca-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}"
Note, the first line of the above registry entry is all you need to find. Simply
right click the folder icon in the registry editor and select "Delete". After that,
reboot. You should now see a "My Bluetooth Places" folder on your desktop. Just right
click and "Delete". It should be permanently removed now.
The only interdependency I've noticed so far is the "Explore My Bluetooth Places"
option on the system tray icon will throw an invalid path error.
Cheers.
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