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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / January 2008Explorer and Control Panel
Is there a way to hide or remove the 'Control Panel' in the directory tree in Explorer?  SignatureSoCalCommie http://so-la-i.com/ > Is there a way to hide or remove the 'Control Panel' in the directory tree > in Explorer? > > -- > SoCalCommiehttp://so-la-i.com/ Hello Commie, Open the registry editor (Start => Run and type in "regedit" {without the quotes}) Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies \Explorer Locate the following entry in the right-hand pane (if they exist): NoControlPanel Right-click and Modify it's Value to decimal 1 If the entry doesn't exist, right-click on Explorer and create a new DWORD and name it NoControlPanel {no spaces} and give it a decimal value of 1 On Jan 27, 8:43 am, "SoCalCommie" <nos...@nowhere.non> wrote: > Is there a way to hide or remove the 'Control Panel' in the directory tree > in Explorer? > > -- > SoCalCommiehttp://so-la-i.com/ Hello Commie, Open the registry editor (Start => Run and type in "regedit" {without the quotes}) Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies \Explorer Locate the following entry in the right-hand pane (if they exist): NoControlPanel Right-click and Modify it's Value to decimal 1 If the entry doesn't exist, right-click on Explorer and create a new DWORD and name it NoControlPanel {no spaces} and give it a decimal value of 1 That did the opposite of what I wanted. i.e. 'Control Panel' no longer appears on the Start/Settings menu, but still appears in the Windows Explorer 'tree'. SignatureSoCalCommie http://so-la-i.com/ > On Jan 27, 8:43 am, "SoCalCommie" <nos...@nowhere.non> wrote: >> Is there a way to hide or remove the 'Control Panel' in the directory [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > appears on the Start/Settings menu, but still appears in the Windows > Explorer 'tree'. I spoke too soon. After logging off/on 'Control Panel' no longer appears in either place (still not what I want). SignatureSoCalCommie http://so-la-i.com/ |
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