Control Panel Icon

[Willard]

I uninstalled Bluetooth, but the BlueTooth Devices Icon remains in
Control Panel..

How can I remove the ICON??

 

[Don Phillipson]

I uninstalled Bluetooth, but the BlueTooth Devices Icon remains in
Control Panel..
How can I remove the ICON??

TweakUI seems the simplest way, but ISTR there is also a panel
somewhere within Control Panel. Appearance of any of these
module items is not controlled by whether the feature is
enabled or not.

 

[SC Tom]

I uninstalled Bluetooth, but the BlueTooth Devices Icon remains in Control
Panel..

How can I remove the ICON??

You can use Microsoft's TweakUI:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

SC Tom

 

[Jose]

You can use Microsoft's TweakUI:http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

SC Tom

Wouldn't using Tweak UI in that manner just prevent the option from
displaying in CP, but still leave the lingering refuse from the
uninstall behind?

 

[Kelly]

Some info:

Check here: Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\Display_Properties

Additionally:

Remove Control Panel Applets

Ever want to know how to remove control panel applets? According to
Microsoft, the Group Policy Editor can be used to "Hides all Control Panel
items." Before we get started I want to inform you that this tweak does not
prevent the control panel applets from running, they just do not show up in
control panel any more.

Start/Run/gpedit.msc. User Configuration/Adminsistrative Templates
Folder/Control Panel Folder. Select Show only specified Control Panel
Applets (right pane) properties. Select the enable button/click the Show
button.

A new window will pop up that will display control panel objects that are OK
to show. Items not on this list will not be displayed in control panel when
this feature is enabled.

Added info:

This tweak is useful for uncluttering your Control Panel and removing unused
functions: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load

Network Connections = ncpa.cpl

Add a key named don't load. Next add String values within the don't load
Key. You will use one String value for each control panel applet you want
removed.

For example, I want to remove the "System" applet once I configure my Paging
File to Performance settings as well as Restore functions and more - I will
make a string value with the name "sysdm.cpl" and no value set and the
System applet will no longer be available under the Control Panel.

To restore a full control Panel to default just delete the "don't load" key.

Here are the Windows XP Pro Control Panel applets:
System Properties = sysdm.cpl
Network Connections = ncpa.cpl
ODBC Administrator = odbccp32.cpl
Display Properties = desk.cpl
Add or remove programs = appwiz.cpl
Internet Properties = Inetcpl.cpl
Game Controllers = joy.cpl
Phone and modem Options = telephon.cpl
Time and Date Properties = timedate.cpl
Region and Language Options = intl.cpl
Power Options = powercfg.cpl
Mouse Properties = main.cpl
Accessibility Options = access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard = hdwwiz.cpl
Sound and Audio Devices = mmsys.cpl
User Accounts = nusrmgr.cpl
Speech Properties = sapi.cpl


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[ju.c]

Delete the Bluetooth CPL file:
C:\Windows\System32\bthprops.cpl


ju.c

 

[SC Tom]

You can use Microsoft's TweakUI:http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

SC Tom

Wouldn't using Tweak UI in that manner just prevent the option from
displaying in CP, but still leave the lingering refuse from the
uninstall behind?

=============

I'm sure it would leave a few K behind. If the OP really wanted to get to
the down 'n' dirty, he would have Googled, Binged, or Yahoo'd.
(Then again, maybe not)

 

[Jose]

Wouldn't using Tweak UI in that manner just prevent the option from
displaying in CP, but still leave the lingering refuse from the
uninstall behind?

=============

I'm sure it would leave a few K behind. If the OP really wanted to get to
the down 'n' dirty, he would have Googled, Binged, or Yahoo'd.
(Then again, maybe not)

ju.c is on the case having stated the .cpl file, but what it you did
not know that already?

Right click the offending CP icon, Create Shortcut (it will complain),
open the new desktop shortuct, Properties, Change Icon and that will
reveal the .cpl file and the entire left over folder if needed.

If not, open Notepad, drag the new desktop shortcut inside and you can
read where the leftover folder and ,cpl file are.

If that doesn't work, there are a couple other ways for those that do
not use .cpl files.

What is Bing?

 

[SC Tom]

Wouldn't using Tweak UI in that manner just prevent the option from
displaying in CP, but still leave the lingering refuse from the
uninstall behind?

=============

I'm sure it would leave a few K behind. If the OP really wanted to get to
the down 'n' dirty, he would have Googled, Binged, or Yahoo'd.
(Then again, maybe not)

ju.c is on the case having stated the .cpl file, but what it you did
not know that already?

Right click the offending CP icon, Create Shortcut (it will complain),
open the new desktop shortuct, Properties, Change Icon and that will
reveal the .cpl file and the entire left over folder if needed.

If not, open Notepad, drag the new desktop shortcut inside and you can
read where the leftover folder and ,cpl file are.

If that doesn't work, there are a couple other ways for those that do
not use .cpl files.

What is Bing?
===========
http://www.bing.com/

 

[Willard]

TweakUI seems the simplest way, but ISTR there is also a panel
somewhere within Control Panel. Appearance of any of these
module items is not controlled by whether the feature is
enabled or not.

I used TweakUi, and then went through the registry deleting dozens &
dozens of "blutooth" entries...
However a dozen or so won't delete... "Error Deleting Values"
So I'm still left with a lot of "blueooth" crap in the registry..

 

[SC Tom]

TweakUI seems the simplest way, but ISTR there is also a panel
somewhere within Control Panel. Appearance of any of these
module items is not controlled by whether the feature is
enabled or not.

Watch it, Jose will getcha! wink, wink, nudge, nudge. . .

 

[Jose]

Watch it, Jose will getcha! wink, wink, nudge, nudge. . .

I answered the question!

 

[SC Tom]

Watch it, Jose will getcha! wink, wink, nudge, nudge. . .

I answered the question!
================

No, you questioned my answer, which was the same as Don's, but was 2 minutes
earlier, so I didn't see it.

No big deal, Jose. I'm just funning with you.

SC Tom

 

[Willard]

I used TweakUi, and then went through the registry deleting dozens &
dozens of "blutooth" entries...
However a dozen or so won't delete... "Error Deleting Values"
So I'm still left with a lot of "blueooth" crap in the registry..

bth*stuff wouldn't remove in windows or cmd, so a boot to MSdos98 could
delete some junk, since I have a FAT32 file system..

 

[Jose]

I answered the question!
================

No, you questioned my answer, which was the same as Don's, but was 2 minutes
earlier, so I didn't see it.

No big deal, Jose. I'm just funning with you.

SC Tom

My thing is that using Tweak UI to remove the icon from the CP options
is not the same as removing the leftover files from the uninstall or
the underlying .CPL file or whatever else might be displaying it.

I prefer to fix rather than download some 3rd party app to hide things
I don't like or fix things that should be working if the first place.
Clearasil on a pimple.

I like Tweak UI and have it installed, but I don't need it. It is
darn convenient once in a while to test things!

Apparently, there is a need to figure out how to boot to MSdos98

 

[SC Tom]

I answered the question!
================

No, you questioned my answer, which was the same as Don's, but was 2
minutes
earlier, so I didn't see it.

No big deal, Jose. I'm just funning with you.

SC Tom

My thing is that using Tweak UI to remove the icon from the CP options
is not the same as removing the leftover files from the uninstall or
the underlying .CPL file or whatever else might be displaying it.

I prefer to fix rather than download some 3rd party app to hide things
I don't like or fix things that should be working if the first place.
Clearasil on a pimple.

I like Tweak UI and have it installed, but I don't need it. It is
darn convenient once in a while to test things!

Apparently, there is a need to figure out how to boot to MSdos98
==============

I agree, Tweak is just a band-aid and eye candy. But it is useful for a
number of things, including drives letters to show, shortcut display, etc.
It also shows what file name is associated with the icons in Control Panel.
If I had bothered to open Tweak before my original answer, I would have seen
that bthprops.cpl was the file associated with the Bluetooth icon. Even so,
as you said, that's still not uninstalling everything associated with
Bluetooth.

Various boot disk creators can be gotten here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

I used one for WinME to flash my BIOS when WinFlash wasn't working for me.

SC Tom

 

[Bob]

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

I used TweakUi, and then went through the registry deleting dozens &
dozens of "blutooth" entries...
However a dozen or so won't delete... "Error Deleting Values"
So I'm still left with a lot of "blueooth" crap in the registry..