Windows media player remove device

Click on the Block All box. Select any one that you want to remove, click on its Remove link, and click on Remove the device to approve. Go on until you remove all that you wanted. When finished, click on OK.

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Surely there is an internal way to disable this behavior? Group Policy Editor? Registry hack? In reply to Rex Lightning's post on October 3, Hello, Thank you for your response. I appreciate your time. Please follow these steps: a. I hope this information helps. Thank you. I have an xbox, I would prefer to use a Microsoft option rather than a third party.

AC Loco. I love these "answers". Under "network" in "file explorer", I had items under "media devices" that no longer existed and that I wanted to get rid of. On my smart t. I did not want these other media devices shown as network share; they no longer existed anyway. I created user accounts when I had Win7 pro and when I upgraded to free Win 10 they ghosted over however with Win10 free home version I no longer had the ability to "administer" them.

So much for the free version. Anyway, do a start, run, regedit. Don't go here if you don't know or are afraid of what you are doing. Back up the registry also before you do any changes and remember where you put it. Click on the computer icon to make sure you are going to search all of the registry. I did an edit, search for the proper name of the media device, and deleted it. If an error occured all permission related for me , take ownership of the lowest level string folder looking icon containing the name.

I did maybe a half dozen or so. Press F3 to speed up the search. Media device still showing up in Network. Do a search in registry and delete them all like above. That done, again right click the media device in Network and highlight and copy "Unique Identifier" without the UUID: prefix; just the numbers afterward.

Do a search in the registry and delete them all like above. All this being done, I still saw the rogue media device. Right click "This PC" on desktop and computer management and go to services or however you want to get to services. Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Networking. Sign in to vote. I removed all devices inside the "Media Streaming Options - for computers and devices".

Now I want them back? How can I get the devices on my network back in the list? The only entry left in this table is: "Media programs on this PC and remote connections". I want the other entries that were removed earlier today like my Laptop , PS Monday, November 30, AM. If you are talking about media player try this from the media player help After you turn on media streaming, Windows Media Player will automatically detect any computers and devices on your private network that are able to receive media streams.

Saturday, December 5, PM. Anyone here have an answer? Saturday, December 5, AM. Thursday, April 29, PM. Actualy, I have reinstalled win 7 but the problem is still there. Select Search option. Follow the on-line screen instructions. Hope this information helps you.

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