Windows 7 - Cannot leave Homegroup

I have the exact same problem as described. All the answers I have seen on the web don't provide anything beyond the normal windows procedures Help

For that type of problem you can read the "Cannot Leave Homegroup" thread below which talks about fixing the same problem.

I will show you the more direct approach to fixing the problem here. This is another Windows 7 bug apparently so you need to delate a file to fix it.

The fix for this problem seems to be Deleting the file idstore.sst under C:\windows\serviceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking

Once everything at peer Networking Grouping is running you may also need to do this...

Start the Task Manager
Click on the service Tab
Find the "HomeGroupProvider"
and then stop the service.


You may need to go back into services and enable Peernetworking again after the fix. Don't forget to restart all machines making the adjustments.

Cannot leave Homegroup


For more help try my Homegroup trouble shooter list.
Homegroup issues

Thanks to Dr Grim I finally was able to leave the homegroup by stopping the "HomeGroupProvider" service as he suggested.

Thanks

Yes that part of the fix is highlighted in bold in the above post, seems like I was the one helping out here?

I can confirm you do NOT need to reboot after getting rid of that id file and stopping the homegroup provider service. I was just able to do it- had the same problem. I would reboot anyway when all finished before trying to start a new homegroup.

I am having this same problem. I deleted the entries in C:\windows\serviceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking. But the peer networking services will not start, due to getting the error 1068 described. Please help.

At first i deleted
C:\windows\serviceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking
Stopped HomeGroup in services through task manager and tried to leave the homegroup - no luck - restarted - still couldnt leave - so in desperation i just DELETED THE ENITRE ROAMING FOLDER.
Stopped HomeGroup in services through task manager and tried to leave the homegroup -

SUCESS!!!

THANKS TO ALL FOR THE HELP

Thank you Chev65, your advice has worked on my computers;

delete the file from the C:\windows\serviceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking folder on all computers on the network. (if you can't open this folder, navigate to the 'localservice' folder manually and then type in \AppData this will open the folder). Then stopped HomeGroup in services through task manager and left the homegroup on all computers. I went into Services and everything was running once more, even the 'internet protocol version 6 ipv6' was enabled.

You have saved me hours of frustration - thank you so much!

Paul