Removing "Printers and Faxes" and other conrtrol panel icons

[Mike Warren]

I am not having any luck working out how to hide the icon to "Printers
and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks" in the control panel.

There is no Group Policy support in my image so I can't use that to
hide the icons post FBA. I would prefer to do this in my SLX file
anyway.

Does anyone know what registry entries need to be added or removed?

My google searches have come up with some ideas but none of them work.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/brows
e_thread/thread/63a8b751b66f2bf5/354249ca99436e89?lnk=gst&q=scheduled+ta
sks&rnum=5#354249ca99436e89

( http://tinyurl.com/2ulxz3 )

and

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/brows
e_thread/thread/3f49e3e563e8b800/f956dc09dede90a8?lnk=gst&q=printers+and
+faxes+control+panel&rnum=2#f956dc09dede90a8

( http://tinyurl.com/2f5d52 )

 

[Mike Warren]

I am not having any luck working out how to hide the icon to "Printers
and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks" in the control panel.

Ok, "Scheduled Tasks" is not a problem. Just don't include the
component.

"Printers and Faxes" and "Taskbar and Star Menu" are a problem, however.

 

[Bing.Chen]

Dear Mike,

Please visit following link for more information.

"Rename or Delete Special Folders"
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/61/

This action allows you to rename or delete some folders.


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Best Regards,
Bing Chen
Advantech Co., Ltd.
Microsoft eMVP

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http://www.advantech.com.tw/epc/newsletter/ATW/2005MS/

 

[Mike Warren]

Dear Mike,

Please visit following link for more information.

"Rename or Delete Special Folders"
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/61/

This action allows you to rename or delete some folders.

Hi Bing,

Thanks for your reply.

I have already tried that solution but unfortunately it leaves an icon
called "Folder" in place of the removed "Printers and Faxes" icon.

 

[Guest]

Mike,

if you navigate to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\
folder and expand Namespace, you should see several folder underneath it.
Each one pertains to the icons in the Control Panel. Delete or rename the
appropriate folder for the icon you want to get rid of.