Control Panel

The Control Panel category enables you to hide specific icons in Control Panel. Create a REG_SZ value in the key HKCU\Control Panel\don't load, and name it using the file name of the CPL file you want to hide. Set the value to Yes to display the icon or No to hide the icon. Table 5-23 shows the file names of the CPL files that come with Windows XP. For example, to hide the Internet Options icon, add the REG_SZ value Inetcpl.cpl to don't load, and set its value to No.

Table 5-23: Values in Control Panel

File name	Description
Access.cpl	Accessibility Options
Appwiz.cpl	Add Or Remove Programs
Desk.cpl	Display Properties
Hdwwiz.cpl	Add Hardware Wizard
Inetcpl.cpl	Internet Properties
Intl.cpl	Regional and Language Options
Joy.cpl	Game Controllers
Main.cpl	Mouse Properties and Keyboard Properties
Mmsys.cpl	Sounds and Audio Devices Properties
Nusrmgr.cpl	User Accounts
Nwc.cpl	Client Service for NetWare
Odbccp32.cpl	ODBC Data Source Administrator
Powercfg.cpl	Power Option Properties
Sysdm.cpl	System Properties
Telephon.cpl	Phone and Modem Options
Timedate.cpl	Date and Time Properties