Refreshing the list of computers in My Network Places

I had a bunch of computers listed in My Network Places from when I used to
be on a network. I am now no longer on a network (except for my DSL, which
is just my internet connection), and want to remove them and detect any
computers that are currently on my network (which would be none other than
me, since I'm not connected to a network). How do I do this? Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks.
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Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotmail.com
www.nathansokalski.com

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:48:07 -0400, "Nathan Sokalski"
<njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I had a bunch of computers listed in My Network Places from when I used to
>be on a network. I am now no longer on a network (except for my DSL, which
>is just my internet connection), and want to remove them and detect any
>computers that are currently on my network (which would be none other than
>me, since I'm not connected to a network). How do I do this? Any help would
>be appreciated. Thanks.
Open control panel folder options/view.
Put a checkmark in "automatically search for network and printers"

Open my network places, view/refresh.
It's safe to delete the shortcuts that no longer exist.
Dave

Nathan Sokalski wrote:

> I had a bunch of computers listed in My Network Places from when I
> used to be on a network. I am now no longer on a network (except for
> my DSL, which is just my internet connection), and want to remove them
> and detect any computers that are currently on my network (which would
> be none other than me, since I'm not connected to a network). How do I
> do this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Right-click on the non-existent shares from My Network Places and choose
"Delete".

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

I think you misunderstood what I wanted it to do that it was not doing. I
want it to automatically delete the shortcuts that no longer exist, as well
as add any new ones. I already have "automatically search for network and
printers" checked, but if I understand correctly (I could be wrong here),
that finds new network devices, but not new users (I know that it didn't get
rid of the non-existing users that were already there, whether it finds new
ones I had no way to test).
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotmail.com
www.nathansokalski.com

"davexnet02" <davexnetzerotwo@hooya!.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:48:07 -0400, "Nathan Sokalski"
> <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I had a bunch of computers listed in My Network Places from when I used to
>>be on a network. I am now no longer on a network (except for my DSL, which
>>is just my internet connection), and want to remove them and detect any
>>computers that are currently on my network (which would be none other than
>>me, since I'm not connected to a network). How do I do this? Any help
>>would
>>be appreciated. Thanks.
> Open control panel folder options/view.
> Put a checkmark in "automatically search for network and printers"
>
> Open my network places, view/refresh.
> It's safe to delete the shortcuts that no longer exist.
> Dave

After deleting everything from "My Network Places", you need to delete the
"WorkgroupCrawler" registry key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\WorkgroupCrawler


"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e2IAqVwkEHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I think you misunderstood what I wanted it to do that it was not doing. I
>want it to automatically delete the shortcuts that no longer exist, as well
>as add any new ones. I already have "automatically search for network and
>printers" checked, but if I understand correctly (I could be wrong here),
>that finds new network devices, but not new users (I know that it didn't
>get rid of the non-existing users that were already there, whether it finds
>new ones I had no way to test).
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokalski@hotmail.com
> www.nathansokalski.com
>
> "davexnet02" <davexnetzerotwo@hooya!.com> wrote in message
> news:kj2lj0pavr8t9kcpvbv71ll6qtbukrss2g@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:48:07 -0400, "Nathan Sokalski"
>> <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I had a bunch of computers listed in My Network Places from when I used
>>>to
>>>be on a network. I am now no longer on a network (except for my DSL,
>>>which
>>>is just my internet connection), and want to remove them and detect any
>>>computers that are currently on my network (which would be none other
>>>than
>>>me, since I'm not connected to a network). How do I do this? Any help
>>>would
>>>be appreciated. Thanks.
>> Open control panel folder options/view.
>> Put a checkmark in "automatically search for network and printers"
>>
>> Open my network places, view/refresh.
>> It's safe to delete the shortcuts that no longer exist.
>> Dave
>
>