re: Remove ''My Bluetooth Places'' Icon From Desktop
Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 4:30 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by softadvisor
(1 messages posted)
I have found a solution that worked for me very well, without losing the functionality
of using "My Bluetooth Places" from the tray icon. This solution was tried in windows
7. This should work well with other operating systems also. The solution is below
:
Solution
Click the "Start" button, and type "regedit" in the search box, then press Enter.
Browse the list as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace.
In the right pane, locate the sub-key with the default value of My Bluetooth Places.
Delete this sub-key.
Press F5 to refresh your screen, and then the icon will be gone.
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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