Remove device showing in MyComputer

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  1. Posts : 113
    Windows 7 x64
       #1

    Remove device showing in MyComputer


    How do I remove the phone bluetooth icon from Computer > Other? I used to use TweakUI for that on XP but it does not work on 7. Any other program I could use for that? All help is welcome!
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  2. Posts : 8,476
    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
       #2

    Go to disk management and remove its drive letter.
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  3. Posts : 113
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    It's a mobile phone bluetooth connection, it does not have drive letter nor it is showing at device manager
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  4. Posts : 8,476
    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
       #4

    I m using Nokia OVI suite hence there is a nokia phone browser folder which I can remove only by uninstalling the OVI suite. I guess yours is the similar one.

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  5. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #5

    Kika said:
    It's a mobile phone bluetooth connection, it does not have drive letter nor it is showing at device manager
    I do not know the answer but I know what I would try.

    1. Control Panel | type Blue in the search box | select Devices and Printers
    now see if you can delete the entry from there.

    2. Another approach, WIN | type DEVMGMT.MSC | Enter

    Locate your bluetooth device there. Rt-click on entry and select Uninstall.
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  6. Posts : 113
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I don't want to remove my device, I am using the bluetooth on it. Just want to hide the icon as I use alot the other icon, network connections, and it takes too long to reach it at middle of bluetooth icons -the screenshot is just example and does not show all my 7 bluetooth icons there. I am using all my bluetooth devices, so uninstall is not an option.
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  7. Posts : 113
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    SOLVED. I found the entries for icons in registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID Deleting them removed icons from MyComputer :)
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  8. Posts : 8,476
    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
       #8

    Thank you for posting the solution. Glad to know you fixed it.
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  9. Posts : 113
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Np Looks alot cleaner now. Can't say exact entries for icons as every device has different one, but just need to use search by device name inside that key and will find. I personally prefer having only entries there that I really use :)
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  10. Posts : 1
    Windows 10 32 bit
       #10

    I've used this fix and removed teh entries from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID. It looks like they must have been referenced from somewhere, as My Computer view is now loading terribly slow.
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