Homegroup icon

[crazyhorse1876]

Switched my PC on this morning and found a Homegroup icon sitting on my Windows 7 desktop,I tried to use
the leave the homegroup but it said windows couldn't remove your computer from the Homegroup.
I have no idea how it got there,does anyone know how it got there and more important how do I get rid of it.
Can anyone help


crazyhorse

[GuiltySpark]

Short answer - Refresh your Desktop (F5)

Long answer and possibly more permanent would be a registry change:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/unable-to-remove-homegroup-icon/699c4550-c88e-4e0c-b30c-339ca25e52f8

[crazyhorse1876]

(05-15-2015, 12:45 PM)GuiltySpark Wrote:  Short answer - Refresh your Desktop (F5)

Long answer and possibly more permanent would be a registry change:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/unable-to-remove-homegroup-icon/699c4550-c88e-4e0c-b30c-339ca25e52f8

Many thanks

problem sorted

[Britec]

Solved - tread closed