HOW DO I REMOVE HOME GROUP AND LIBRARIES ICONS FROM DESKTOP

To remove the Homegroup and Libraries icons from your desktop:

start-->run-->regedit

navigate to:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\

To remove homegroup icon on desktop rename folder

{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}

to

_{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}

To remove “Libraries” icon on desktop rename folder

{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

to

_{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

Go to your desktop and hit F5, the icons should disappear. Libraries and Homegroup have retained their full functionality as far as I can tell, so it hasn’t appeared to have affected the programs at all.