How to Hide / Show Specific Control Panel Applets / Icons in Windows? This tutorial will guide you to hide or show any specific Control Panel applet in Windows. This tutorial will work for all Windows versions: NT, 9. Me, 2. 00. 0, XP, Server 2. Since I just wrote a post on how to tweak Windows Vista, I thought I would throw in some power toys for the Windows XP users. Windows XP is not going to di.Vista, Server 2. 00. METHOD A: For All Windows Versions except Windows 9. Me. 1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to: HKEY. Under this key create a new key with the name don't load , so the new path will be: HKEY. Now in right- side pane, create new String value. Set its name to the file name of the applet which you want to hide, e. If you want to show it again, either set its value to yes or simply delete the String value. ![]() Use the Windows Tweaker as an alternative to TweakUI in Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7. To use the above mentioned method, you'll need to know the . CPL file name of the desired applet. You can search for . CPL in Windows Search or you can use help of following list which contains . Control Panel applets: CPL File Name. Applet Name. Access. Accessibility. Appwiz. Add or Remove Programs. Bthprops. cpl. Bluetooth Devices. Desk. cpl. Display. ![]() Hdwwiz. cpl. Add New Hardware. Inetcpl. cpl. Internet Options. Intl. cpl. Regional and Language Options. Joy. cpl. Game Controllers. Keymgr. cpl. Stored User Names and Passwords. Liccpa. cpl. Licensing. Main. cpl. Mouse. Mlcfg. 32. cpl. Mail. Mmsys. cpl. Sound and Audio Devices. Ncpa. cpl. Network Connections. Nusrmgr. cpl. User Accounts. Nwc. cpl. Netware client connectivity. Odbccp. 32. cpl. ODBC Data Source Administrator. Powercfg. cpl. Power Options. Sysdm. cpl. System. Telephon. cpl. Phone and Modem Options. Timedate. cpl. Date and Time. Sapi. cpl. Speech. Wuaucpl. cpl. Automatic Updates. Wscui. cpl. Security Center or Action Center. METHOD B: For All Windows Versions except Windows 9. Me. 1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to: HKEY. Look for a key . If its not present, then create a new one and give it name Explorer. Now create another new key under Explorer key with the name Disallow. Cpl so the new path will be: HKEY. You have to put the applet label which you see in Control Panel. If you want to hide Auto.
![]() Play applet, then create a new String value, give it name 1 and set its value to Auto. Play. If you want to hide more applets, then simply create more String values with names 2, 3 and so on and set their values to the applet label. METHOD C: For All Windows Versions except Windows 9. Me. This method is opposite of METHOD B. In this method, you'll tell Windows which applets should be visible and Windows will automatically hide the rest. Its useful when you want to show a few specific applets and want to hide remaining applets. So you just need to create a few String values to tell Windows which applets you want to show. It'll save your valuable time. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to: HKEY. Look for a key . If its not present, then create a new one and give it name Explorer. Now create another new key under Explorer key with the name Restrict. Cpl so the new path will be: HKEY. You have to put the applet label which you see in Control Panel. If you want to show Auto. Play applet, then create a new String value, give it name 1 and set its value to Auto. Play. If you want to show more applets, then simply create more String values with names 2, 3 and so on and set their values to the applet label. Now Windows will only show the applets which you mentioned in String values, other applets will be hidden. METHOD D: For Windows 9. Me. 1. You'll see a line saying . If you can't find it, then create a new line at last. Now under this line, you can set . CPL file name of your desired applet which you want to hide in following format: filename. If you want to hide Display applet, then the syntax will be: desk. You can create similar lines for other applets which you want to hide. The . CPL file name can be obtained from the list mentioned in METHOD A. METHOD E: Using Tweak. UI Power Toy. You can also use Microsoft official powertoy . Run it and click on . Now in right- side list, you can easily hide/show desired applets by just enabling/disabling the appropriate applet checkbox. Click on Apply button and you have done. NOTE: This tutorial can also be used in case some applets in Control Panel have been disabled accidentally and you want to enable them again. Just follow the steps mentioned in above methods and delete the required string value or line. Share this article: Facebook.
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