Monday, April 28, 2008

Show hidden Control panel options

There are so many options in the Control Panel that you never use. Hence they are some times hidden.This hack will let you unhide any of the hidden options in the Control Panel or hide options that you never use.



Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don?t load




Note:- This key has an apostrophe.probably the only one that has it



To hide you need to create a String Value for the filename of theoption and set the value of the setting to No. To display delete the key entirely.



The filenames of most of the common ones are as below. You might or might not find all the following on your system . Also there could be more on your system not mentioned here.



access.cpl - Accessibility

appwiz.cpl - Add/Remove Programs

console.cpl - Console

timedate.cpl - Date and Time

desk.cpl - Display Properties

fax.cpl - Fax

hdwwiz.cpl - Hardware Wizard

irprops.cpl - Infrared Port

intl.cpl - International and Regional Settings

inetcpl.cpl - Internet Settings

joy.cpl - Joystick

liccpa.cpl - Licensing

main.cpl - Mouse and Keyboard

mlcfg32.cpl - Mail

mmsys.cpl - Sound and Multimedia

modem.cpl - Modem and Phone

ncpa.cpl - Network and Connectivity

netcpl.cpl - Network and Dial-up Connectivity

nwc.cpl - Netware Client

devapps.cpl - PC Card

ports.cpl - Ports

powercfg.cpl - Power Management

sticpl.cpl - Scanner and Camera

srvmgr.cpl - Server Manager

sapi.cpl - Speech Properties

sysdm.cpl - System

telephon.cpl - Telephony

nusrmgr.cpl - User Manager

quicktime.cpl - QuickTime

S32LUCP1.cpl - Norton Live Update





This is for win xp. You need to restart the computer for the change/effect to take place. Be doubly sure that the path is correct and the key doesn't exist before you think of create it(key that you think doesn?t exist). Back up your registry before you do it(click here)

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