Hide control panel from Start menu / My PC / Control Panel

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How to hide control panel from "Start menu / My PC / Control Panel",
with "My PC" configured like menu (not link)?
 
How do you want it hidden ... for every user including Admins or just limited users.
Do you want it to appear in Windows Explorer at all?

To Hide for specific user:

Add to this Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

To Hide for everyone (including Administrators)
Add to this Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

If key does not exist, create, then add value and data.

To allow Control Panel, change 1 to 0

You can also lock a user into just their Profile Directory, C:\Document and Settings\[USERNAME]. No drives availabe, tools, ...
I have set my Limited Users up this way ... the only have access to their Home Directory and down ... cannot change any View options.

It really depends on why you want to do this.
 
This works very well!:

Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEn­um

{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

Thanks

I spend like 30 minutes with regmon trying to find that key... I just
only can remove "Windows Live Messenger Shared Folders" links from "My
PC"... sometimes, registry stresses me :-P

Larry Gardner ha escrito:
How do you want it hidden ... for every user including Admins or just limited users.
Do you want it to appear in Windows Explorer at all?

To Hide for specific user:

Add to this Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

To Hide for everyone (including Administrators)
Add to this Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

If key does not exist, create, then add value and data.

To allow Control Panel, change 1 to 0

You can also lock a user into just their Profile Directory, C:\Document and Settings\[USERNAME]. No drives availabe, tools, ...
I have set my Limited Users up this way ... the only have access to theirHome Directory and down ... cannot change any View options.

It really depends on why you want to do this.


Avatar_e said:
How to hide control panel from "Start menu / My PC / Control Panel",
with "My PC" configured like menu (not link)?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How do you want it hidden ... for every user
including Admins or just limited users.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you want it to appear in Windows Explorer at
all?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To Hide for specific user:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}&nbsp;&nbsp;
DWORD&nbsp; 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To Hide for everyone (including
Administrators)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}&nbsp;&nbsp;
DWORD&nbsp; 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>If key does not exist, create, then add value and data.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>To allow Control Panel, change 1 to 0</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>You can also lock a user into just their Profile Directory, C:\Document and
Settings\[USERNAME].&nbsp; No drives availabe, tools, ...</DIV>
<DIV>I have set my Limited Users up this way ... the only have access to their
Home Directory and down ... cannot change any View options.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>It really depends on why you want to do this.</DIV>
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BTW: if you know all of the CLSIDs used for standard objects, just add them
to that registry key and set them to 1.
e.g., My Computer, My Network Places, Recyle Bin, Administrative Tools, ...
and at the User level or System level.

I normally, change the LocalizedString on certain CLSIDS so I can quickly
see in Windows Explorer the USERNAME or COMPUTERNAME:

My Computer becomes USERNAME on COMPUTERNAME
My Documents becomes USERNAME's Documents (as well as Recyle Bin, My Network
Places, ...)

I also make sure the following key reflects all USERNAMES Documents folders
when logged in as Administrator:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths


This works very well!:

Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEn­um

{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

Thanks

I spend like 30 minutes with regmon trying to find that key... I just
only can remove "Windows Live Messenger Shared Folders" links from "My
PC"... sometimes, registry stresses me :-P

Larry Gardner ha escrito:
How do you want it hidden ... for every user including Admins or just
limited users.
Do you want it to appear in Windows Explorer at all?

To Hide for specific user:

Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

To Hide for everyone (including Administrators)
Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} DWORD 1

If key does not exist, create, then add value and data.

To allow Control Panel, change 1 to 0

You can also lock a user into just their Profile Directory, C:\Document
and Settings\[USERNAME]. No drives availabe, tools, ...
I have set my Limited Users up this way ... the only have access to their
Home Directory and down ... cannot change any View options.

It really depends on why you want to do this.


Avatar_e said:
How to hide control panel from "Start menu / My PC / Control Panel",
with "My PC" configured like menu (not link)?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How do you want it hidden ... for every user
including Admins or just limited users.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you want it to appear in Windows Explorer
at
all?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To Hide for specific user:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}&nbsp;&nbsp;
DWORD&nbsp; 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To Hide for everyone (including
Administrators)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add to this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}&nbsp;&nbsp;
DWORD&nbsp; 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>If key does not exist, create, then add value and data.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>To allow Control Panel, change 1 to 0</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>You can also lock a user into just their Profile Directory,
C:\Document and
Settings\[USERNAME].&nbsp; No drives availabe, tools, ...</DIV>
<DIV>I have set my Limited Users up this way ... the only have access to
their
Home Directory and down ... cannot change any View options.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>It really depends on why you want to do this.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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PC"
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