Hide specified Control Panel applets

Requirements: At least Microsoft Windows 2000

Location: User Configuration\Control Panel\

Description:
Hides specified Control Panel items and folders.

This setting removes Control Panel items (such as Display) and folders (such as Fonts) from the Control Panel window and the Start menu. It can remove Control Panel items you have added to your system, as well as Control Panel items included in Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional.

To hide a Control Panel item, type the file name of the item, such as Ncpa.cpl (for Network). To hide a folder, type the folder name, such as Fonts.

This setting affects the Start menu and Control Panel window only. It does not prevent users from running Control Panel items.

Also, see the "Remove Display in Control Panel" setting in User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display.

If both the "Hide specified Control Panel applets" setting and the "Show only specified Control Panel applets" setting are enabled, and the same item appears in both lists, the "Show only specified Control Panel applets" setting is ignored.

Note

• To find the file name of a Control Panel item, search for files with the .cpl file name extension in the %Systemroot%\System32 directory.

  Note

  • To create a list of disallowed Control Panel applets, click Show, click Add, and then enter the Control Panel file name (ends with .cpl) or the name displayed under that item in the Control Panel. (e.g., desk.cpl, powercfg.cpl, Printers and Faxes)

  Note

  • This setting does not affect the Categories that are displayed in the new Control Panel Category view in Windows XP. If you want to control which items are displayed in Control Panel, enable the "Force classic Control Panel Style" setting to remove the Category view, and then use this setting to control which .cpls are not displayed.

  ADM File: system.adm