Disable Recent Shares in Network Places

This restriction stops remote shared folders from being added to Network Places whenever you open a document in the shared folder.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoRecentDocsNetHood' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Name: NoRecentDocsNetHood
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = track shares, 1 = disable tracking)

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