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I no longer use Twonky Media server on my WHS v.1. I now use a new WHS 2011 server. Unfortunately, my WIN7 Pro 64-bit desktop still lists a grayed out, unavailable device called Twonky Network Media Controller Stationary.

I have administrator rights. I tried to remove the grayed out device icon using the right click option. It refuses to delete. I went into the registry and tried to delete its keys. They are undeletable.

Any suggestions how I remove this grayed out device from WIN7?

good ?

you could either temporarily install twonky on the server
then see if you can delete it
then uninstall twonky

or

look under devices and printers to try and uninstall it

or

from windows exploer under media devices

or

under device mgr
is there a "digital media devices" section ?
is there a "microsoft digital media module" ?

also look under system devices
it would be listed as the twonky server name at the time of install

Thank you for your quick and complete reply, however, I had no luck with your suggestions:

! -"you could either temporarily install twonky on the server then see if you can delete it then uninstall twonky"
That will not work because the old server's IP and the new servers's IP differ. The icon is device and printer manager is linked to the IP of the old server.

2- "look under devices and printers to try and uninstall it." I tried this first. I also booted to the Administrator account as well as into Safe Mode. I could not delete it from either. The remove device dialogue box appears and seems to start but never completes.

3- "from windows exploer under media devices" This one I did not understand. I do not understand how to go to "under media devices."

4- "under device mgr
is there a "digital media devices" section ?" No
is there a "microsoft digital media module" ?" No

5- "also look under system devices, it would be listed as the twonky server name at the time of install" It is not listed there, even when I view hidden devices.

If I click on the grayed out Twonky device's icon, it opens Windows Media Player without library contains. Therefore, I tried to find a way to disable my desktop's Windows Media Player association with the Twonky device. Hoping that would free the device so I could remove the Twonky device. No luck. I searched the registry for the word "Twonky" hoping to find something I could delete thereby removing the icon. No luck there either. Do you know what other title an icon might be listed under in the registry?

Thanks again,

your welcome

its times like these I miss the good ole days of windows 3.1
where it was all stored in ini files, no grey area there thats for sure

1
you could actually fake that out possibly
you could assign a static ip to you local machine
and install it there, it might work, who knows....

2
Im trying to dig u the memory in my brain of this issue
in win7 there is a lot of cache going on, cache for this cache for that
its possible its stuck in one of them
had a similiar issue with the game center once, and game icons, was a nightmare

3
a pic says it all =) 4,5
this might elude to the cache thing
glad you knew about the hidden thing too, most people dont

6
will see if I can peek aroung to see where it might be hiding

if you right click on it and go to properties

do a search in the registry for packetvideo and or the uuid shown under propeeties
for example
uuid:44187e5f-5768-3e54-45bc-34245676341a

you should find a lot of things with that uuid entery in the registry, i know I did
relatvie to twonky

PS
Im sticking with my WHS hpex485 for now
not enough to merit me switching
maybe, just maybe if I build a new box
as I do like the idea of home group in whs 2011

Thanks again for the quick followup.

My uuid is 57076f6e-6b79-4d65-6462-000d61197edc. I will do a registry search on that value. Hopefully, I will be not be blocked from deleting them due to some active association issue.

My P4 single core WHS v.1 was getting long in the tooth. I got an amazing deal on a HP Proliant M110 G7 with a quad core and 8Gb of Ram from Provantage. I added a bulk HP P410 RAID 5 from Servers Supply to that. I am just buttoning up the hardware and the HP management software (HP does not support WHS 2011 so that was a bit of chore.). The server is so fast. I have only streamed a couple of movies so far, both streamed quite well. The nightly backups are much faster..

I did find many registry entries for 57076f6e-6b79-4d65-6462-000d61197edc. Unfortuately, I could not delete them. I suspect because the device is "in use".

I think that its a win 7 rights issue
Im pretty sure you are going to have to write a batch file or script
that you can create as a task with task scheduler that runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
and then just run that task manually
system has more rights than admin does

I agree it is some rights issue or the system has the device in use somehow. Either way, I will likely use a Linux selfbooting CD made to correct such things that can remove the numerous registry keys related to the grayed out device.
Thanks again for your quick and thoughtful suggestions.

your welcome
I hate it when an os does crap like that, but it is what it is
good luck

Success after much gnashing of teeth.
I ran PsExec, [/url] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 97553.aspx [/url] , from an elevated command prompt with the following switches: psexec -i -d -s c:\windows\regedit.exe. This launches regedit with system account permissions from which I was able to delete three registry keys for the icon at HKLM/SYSTEM/Currentcontrolset/EMUN, Controlset001 and Controlset002. PSExec was a simple solution.

now why didnt I think of that, I love the sysinternal toolset
glad you were able to get it all cleaned up
thanks for posting your solution