How to Remove an Icon from Control Panel
You can gain a bit more control over the Control Panel by configuring it not to display icons that you don’t ever use or that aren’t applicable to your system. This is done with group policies and you follow these steps:
1. Press the
keys to open Run box, then type gpedit.msc into Run box. This will open Local Group Policy Editor.
2.Click the User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Control Panel branch.
3. Double-click the Hide Specified Control Panel Items policy.
4. Click the Enabled option.
5. Click the Show button. The Show Contents dialog box appears.
6. For each Control Panel icon you want to hide, type the icon name and press Enter key.
7. Click OK button to return to the Hide Specified Control Panel Items dialog box.
8. Click Apply and OK buttons. Windows 7 puts the policy into effect next time Control Panel opened.
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1. Press the
keys to open Run box, then type gpedit.msc into Run box. This will open Local Group Policy Editor.2.Click the User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Control Panel branch.
3. Double-click the Hide Specified Control Panel Items policy.
4. Click the Enabled option.
5. Click the Show button. The Show Contents dialog box appears.
6. For each Control Panel icon you want to hide, type the icon name and press Enter key.
7. Click OK button to return to the Hide Specified Control Panel Items dialog box.
8. Click Apply and OK buttons. Windows 7 puts the policy into effect next time Control Panel opened.
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