Some programs, like Nokia’s PC Suite or Sony Ericsson software, install additional icons that are shown when a user opens My Computer in Windows Explorer. The thinking is that this makes it easier for the user to access the programs. Many users on the other hand feel that they do not need these icons in My Computer as it is possible to access the programs from the Windows Start Menu or desktop shortcuts as well.
There is however no direct option to uninstall or remove an icon from My Computer. The only option that those users have is to edit the Windows Registry to remove the icons from there. This is thankfully not difficulty at all.
They need to start the Registry editor by pressing Win-R, typing regedit and hitting the enter key. They then need to navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace
The key lists several cryptic folders which define the icons that are displayed in My Computer in Windows Explorer. A click on a key will display the default value of the key with the name shown in the Data field.
This can be used to identify the icons and remove those that the user does not want to display in Windows Explorer. Keys are removed by selecting them with the mouse and pressing the Del key on the computer keyboard. The changes are immediately visible in Windows Explorer.
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Thank you so much for this tip, for ages I have had an annoying NAS drive icon that I did not what in My Computer, as I do no have it on all the time and it got annoying, this tip has help me to remove this icon for good, many thanks, what a great web site this is :o)