How to change the owner of the homegroup in Win 7?

Hi all

Homegroup on my home network is owned by a PC that is no longer present. (It was left accidentally on the roof of my car before a trip on the highway.) Now I would like to change the owner of the residential group to a PC, I still have.

I have found no way to do this via the GUI Win 7 Pro. So I searched the registry for the name of the lost computer instances.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\HomeGroup\UIStatusCache | ModifierSystem

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\HomeGroup\HME\Members | 18-3D-A2-1B-8D-70

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\HomeGroup\HME\Members | B4-99-BA-E3-0C-A1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\HomeGroup\HME\Members | CC-52-AF-05-68-34

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\HomeGroupProvider\ServiceData | OwnerMachineName

This site also contains the keys named owner (connection on OwnerMachineName) and OwnerId

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\HomeGroupProvider\ServiceData\Members\ | ComputerName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\HomeGroupProvider\ServiceData | OwnerMachineName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\HomeGroupProvider\ServiceData\Members\ | ComputerName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\HomeGroupProvider\ServiceData\ | OwnerMachineName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\HomeGroupProvider\ServiceData\Members\ | ComputerName

It appears that the locations containing the trio owner, OwnerID, and OwnerMachineName are where the homegroup Control Panel gets its information on the existing homegroup. Other sites simply include the name of the computer as a member of the residential group, one of the peers.

I tried to delete the key containing the name of the computer, but was prevented from doing: "error while deleting key." Could possibly pass the key owner to me or admins, but now wonder if there is a better way to do this.

So I would like to change the owner of the homegroup, or erase any trace of an existing residential group then computers have to analyze the current reality. Is there a way?

Thank you.

Hello Chris,

Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

I would like to know some information about the problem so that we can help you better.

What happens when you try to change the owner of your home group?

I would suggest trying the following methods and check if it helps.

Method 1:
Let flow HomeGroup troubleshooter and check.
Refer to this article:
Open the homegroup troubleshooting utility
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-HomeGroup-Troubleshooter

Method 2:
Please use the suggestions contained in this help article and check the issue.
Reference:
Homegroup from start to finish
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/HomeGroup-from-start-to-finish

Additional information:
Homegroup: frequently asked questions
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/HomeGroup-frequently-asked-questions

Windows 7 HomeGroup
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449421 (v = WS.10) .aspx

See also:
Impossible to delete some registry keys - error while deleting key
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2021860

Note: Serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/back-up-registry

I hope this information helps.

Please let us know if you need more help.

Thank you

Tags: Windows

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