Refreshing the list of computers in My Network Places

[Nathan Sokalski]

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.

 

[davexnet02]

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

 

[Malke]

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

 

[Nathan Sokalski]

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).

 

[Zathras]

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