Take Control Over Control Panel

You know, there are lots of applets in the control panel. Applet means the icon you see whenever you enter into the control panel. But you may not need all those applets. Even it is odd to see many unnecessary applets in the control panel or it may take some time to find your desired applet. You can easily remove unnecessary applet and set you control panel by keeping only your necessary applets, but how? Follow the steps below.



First choose "Run" from "Start" menu.





Then type "regedit" & press Enter. a. Now expand "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" then expand "Control Panel". Under the control panel you see a section named "don't load". b. Click On that section, you see some commands in the right window. In this right window you have to add applet command which you want to hide/remove from the control panel. c. Just right click on that window and select "NEW", then select "String Value". Now double click on the "New Value #1" to edit the string. d. Change the value name as the commands like "appwiz.cpl" and Value Data as "No". e. Now you need to restart the windows to make the editing take effect. Don't be worried, you can always recover it by deleting this command later.



Here is the list of control panel applet commands:



1. appwiz.cpl - Add/Remove Programs Applet

2. devapps.cpl - PC Card Applet

3. ports.cpl - Ports Applet

4. powercfg.cpl - Power Management Applet

5. sticpl.cpl - Scanner and Camera Applet

6. srvmgr.cpl - Server Manager Applet

7. sapi.cpl - Speech Properties Applet

8. sysdm.cpl - System Applet

9. telephon.cpl - Telephony Applet

10. tweakui.cpl - TweakUI Applet

11. nusrmgr.cpl - User Manager Applet

12. wspcpl32.cpl - WSP Client Applet

13. quicktime.cpl - QuickTime Applet

14. S32LUCP1.cpl - Norton Live Update Applet

15. cpqmgmt.cpl - Compaq Insight Agents Applet

16. access.cpl - Accessibility Applet

17. console.cpl - Console Applet

18. timedate.cpl - Date and Time Applet

19. desk.cpl - Display Applet

20. fax.cpl - Fax Applet

21. hdwwiz.cpl - Hardware Wizard Applet

22. irprops.cpl - Infrared Port Applet

23. intl.cpl - International and Regional Applet

24. inetcpl.cpl - Internet Settings Applet

25. joy.cpl - Joystick Applet

26. liccpa.cpl - Licensing Applet

27. main.cpl - Mouse and Keyboard Applet

28. mlcfg32.cpl - Mail Applet

29. mmsys.cpl - Sound and Multimedia Applet

30. modem.cpl - Modem and Phone Applet

31. ncpa.cpl - Network and connectivity Applet

32. netcpl.cpl - Network and Dial-up Connectivity Applet

33. nwc.cpl - Netware Client Applet

34. odbccp32.cpl - ODBC Applet