Windows 7 - HomeGroup Desktop Icon - Add or Remove

Brink · 11-01-2009

How to Add or Remove the HomeGroup Desktop Icon in Windows 7

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Click here to read the entire tutorial

Lynda · 12-13-2009

OK. Thank you again for your help

Brink · 12-13-2009

You're most welcome.

corduroy33 · 02-04-2010

cool it worked, not sure why lynda had problems, worked right away for me using winrar right click on reg file then merge at destop, thanks a lot blink

Brink · 02-04-2010

You're welcome Corduroy.

Paultx · 04-02-2010

The HomeGroup icon appeared on my desktop in a somewhat scary way: after I ran Rootkit Revealer (which BTW didn't run well, as reported here). I can't determine a cause-effect relationship here. The icon has never been there before. AAMOF, if I ever wanted to put it there on purpose I wouldn't know how...

Brink · 04-02-2010

Hello Paul,

Did you create or join a Homegroup recently, or installed one of these all in one utility programs that may have had an option to add this that was mistakenly enabled?

Paultx · 04-03-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Paul,

Did you create or join a Homegroup recently, or installed one of these all in one utility programs that may have had an option to add this that was mistakenly enabled?

None of the above, but I have TuneUp Utilities 2010 installed since January and never found any way I could add that icon with it. The .reg file provided here removed the icon from the desktop. I remember I created a home group some months ago, but the icon didn't show then.

Brink · 04-03-2010

Not sure why it apeared out of the blue like that, but I'm glad you were able to get rid of it.

daaniieelelle · 05-26-2010

Hee, thank you so much for this tutorial! The icon really began to annoy me, especially because it always showed up in the left bottom of the screen while I had put it more up to fit it right with other icons! I suppose the removal tool only removed the icon and not particular important data or the functions of the HomeGroup?

Brink · 05-26-2010

You're most welcome Danielle, and welcome to Seven Forums.

No, it only removes the icon and not any of the Homegroup features or functions.

Windows 7 - HomeGroup Desktop Icon - Add or Remove

HomeGroup Desktop Icon - Add or Remove problems?