My Network Place

Hide My Network Places from Explorer:

• Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ CLSID \ {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
\ ShellFolder

• Backup the key by exporting it to a REG file. See method 2 here
  
• In the right-pane, create a new REG_DWORD value named Attributes
• Double-click Attributes and set 20180000 as the Value data

If you want to undo the changes, delete the Attributes value.

 Method 2:

• Start Regedit.exe and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ policies \ NonEnum

• Create a new DWORD value named {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
• Double-click {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} and set its data to 1
• Close Regedit.exe

Prevent display of My Network Places icon on desktop (For Current User):

 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\] 

Right-click on the DWORD value {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

 Registry Entries

• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\]
• Location: Current User
• Value Name: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
• Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
• Enabled Value: 1
• Disabled Value: 0
• Action Type: Add an Entry

Source: http://www.liutilities.com/products/registrybooster/tweaklibrary/tweaks/11181/

 Network Connection in Control Panel:

ShortKey: ncpa.cpl


The Network Connections icon in the Control Panel represents a Shell folder, and the ncpa.cpl just launches the shell folder. One way to hide the Network Connections folder is to add the GUID {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} to the Non enumerate list (NonEnum) in the registry.

The NonEnum subkey contains entries that tell the system not to enumerate (display) components of the Windows interface. Group Policy creates and maintains these entries, and the interface programs read and interpret them. More information about the NonEnum can be found here.

 

• Start REGEDIT.EXE and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ NonEnum
-or-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ NonEnum

• Select NonEnum, and in the right-pane, create a REG_DWORD value named {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} and set it's data to 1
• Close REGEDIT

Source : http://windowsxp.mvps.org/hidencpa.htm