re: Remove ''My Bluetooth Places'' Icon From Desktop
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by nish
(1 messages posted)
All this is too complex...
Just follow this -
- right click on the desktop and select properties
- then on desktop tab click Customize Desktop
- then on general tab, click Clean Desktop Now icon
- select My Bluetooth Places icon, then finish wizard.
- A folder called Unused Desktop Icons will be created on the desktop with the My
Bluetooth Places icon in it.
- Delete this folder
- Wallah!!!
On Monday, February 16, 2004 at 3:18 am, Steggles! wrote:
>
>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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