How to Remove “Network” from Windows Explorer Navigation Pane

This registry edit1 will Remove “Network” from Windows Explorer Navigation Pane (restart required). However, before you can apply the registry, you will need to take owenership of the registry key. You can use SetACL.exe Application. see DisableNetworkIconExplorer.cmd

Changing Owenership of Reg Keys

DisableNetworkIconExplorer.cmd

%~dp0SetACL.exe -on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\ShellFolder" -ot reg -actn setowner -ownr n:Administrators
%~dp0SetACL.exe -on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\ShellFolder" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:Administrators;p:full"

%~dp0SetACL.exe -on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\ShellFolder" -ot reg -actn setowner -ownr n:Administrators
%~dp0SetACL.exe -on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\ShellFolder" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:Administrators;p:full"

reg import %~dp0DisableNetworkIconExplorer.reg

Disable Network Icon Explorer Registray Key Change to b0940064

DisableNetworkIconExplorer.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:b0940064

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:b0940064

MDT Application import

  1. Download & Extract Action-DisableNetworkIconExplorer.zip
  2. Import as Application Action-DisableNetworkIconExplorer
  3. Run Command: cmd.exe /c DisableNetworkIconExplorer.cmd
  4. Use as a Task Sequence in your reference / deployment image

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Mentions & References:

  1. http://mdt.roozbeh.io/editing-the-windows-registry/ ↩

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