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Removing the Hand Icon from Shared Resources

When you share a local resource, Windows95 normally puts a hand in from of that resources icon.

To remove hand icon from your shared resources:

  1. Start Regedit.
  2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / Network/SharingHandler.
  3. Clear it's default value
  4. Restart Windows.

To restore set Default value "msshrui.dll".

Submitted by Guntars Revelins