Control Panel Hide Unused Applets with the Registry

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To hide unused applets using the Registry, run the Registry Editor (run > type regedit) and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't load The key, as its name implies, determines which Control Panel applet icons are not loaded into the Control Panel. You’ll still be able to run those applets from the command line after you hide them you just won’t be able to see their icons in the Control Panel.

To hide an applet, create a new String value whose name is the filename of the applet that you want to hide. For example, to hide the Mouse Control dialog box, the String value would be main.cpl. Below are the complete list of Control Panel applets and their filenames.

Applet	Filename
System Properties	sysdm.cpl
Display Properties	desk.cpl
Network Connections	ncpa.cpl
Accessibility Options	access.cpl
Add or remove programs	appwiz.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard	hdwwiz.cpl
Internet Properties	Inetcpl.cpl
Region and Language Options	intl.cpl
Game Controllers	joy.cpl
Mouse Properties	main.cpl
Sound and Audio Devices	mmsys.cpl
User Accounts	nusrmgr.cpl
ODBC Data Source Administrator	odbccp32.cpl
Power Options Properties	Powercfg.cpl
Phone and Modem Options	telephon.cpl
Time and Date Properties	timedate.cpl
Speech Properties	sapi.cpl