There are so many applets in the Control Panel that you never use. If you don’t want to see all of them in your control panel, this hack will let you hide applets in the Control Panel. It doesn’t enhance performance but the main use of this hack is to make the control panel look clean and to make the navigation easy by showing only minimal applets which are required and hiding the useless applets . To do so..
Go to Registry Editor by typing regedit in RUN
Navigate to:
HCU\Control Panel\don’t load
(Yes, surprisingly, that key has an apostrophe!)
To hide the applets, you need to create a String Value for the filename of the applet in question, and set the value of the setting to No – or delete the key entirely to display the applet.
The file names of most of the common applets are as below, for quick reference. You might or might not find all the following on your system, and conversely, there could be applets on your system not mentioned here.
access.cpl – Accessibility Applet
appwiz.cpl – Add/Remove Programs Applet
console.cpl – Console Applet
timedate.cpl – Date and Time Applet
desk.cpl – Display Properties Applet
fax.cpl – Fax Applet
hdwwiz.cpl – Hardware Wizard Applet
irprops.cpl – Infrared Port Applet
intl.cpl – International and Regional Settings Applet
inetcpl.cpl – Internet Settings Applet
joy.cpl – Joystick Applet
liccpa.cpl – Licensing Applet
main.cpl – Mouse and Keyboard Applet
mlcfg32.cpl – Mail Applet
mmsys.cpl – Sound and Multimedia Applet
modem.cpl – Modem and Phone Applet
ncpa.cpl – Network and Connectivity Applet
netcpl.cpl – Network and Dial-up Connectivity Applet
nwc.cpl – Netware Client Applet
odbccp32.cpl – ODBC Applet
devapps.cpl – PC Card Applet
ports.cpl – Ports Applet
powercfg.cpl – Power Management Applet
sticpl.cpl – Scanner and Camera Applet
srvmgr.cpl – Server Manager Applet
sapi.cpl – Speech Properties Applet
sysdm.cpl – System Applet
telephon.cpl – Telephony Applet
tweakui.cpl – TweakUI Applet (if you have TweakUI installed)
nusrmgr.cpl – User Manager Applet
wspcpl32.cpl – WSP Client Applet
quicktime.cpl – QuickTime Applet
S32LUCP1.cpl – Norton Live Update Applet
Just find your applet and do as mentioned to hide your control panel applets. Remember that it is not recommended to play with registry editor especially when you are dealing with files of operating system. Happy Tweaking..!
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