How to add/delete entries in Control Panel ?

How to add/delete entries in Control Panel ?

You open windows explorer and search for all *.cpl files, You would see at least as many entries in search as You have in your control panel.Yes ! .cpl stands for control panel. If You do not want to navigate to any of your favorite entries, You can create a shortcut to that entry's corresponding cpl file. Following lists control panel and cpl file names:System Properties = sysdm.cplNetwork Connections = ncpa.cplODBC Administrator = odbccp32.cplDisplay Properties = desk.cplAdd or remove programs = appwiz.cplInternet Properties = Inetcpl.cplGame Controllers = joy.cplPhone and modem Options = telephon.cplTime and Date Properties = timedate.cplRegion and Language Options = intl.cplPower Options = powercfg.cplMouse Properties = main.cplAccessibility Options = access.cplAdd Hardware Wizard = hdwwiz.cplSound and Audio Devices = mmsys.cplUser Accounts = nusrmgr.cplSpeech Properties = sapi.cplNow if You want to add/delete any of these entries from panel You can do it through Registry or gpedit.msc or through tweakui if You have powertoys installed. It is preferable to use gpedit or TweakUi as its easier.From TweakUi, You have to simply click on control panel , and select/deselect entries in right panel as per your choice.

From gpedit.msc (to run gpedit, goto START-RUN and type gpedit.msc) Navigate to User Configuration- Administrative Templates-Control Panel folder select and right click on Show only specified Control Panel Applets , click on enabled and Then click on the show. In this list You won't see anything if its your first time. Click on add and type the complete file name from above list. (This is a bit more complicated process specially if You are a new user of the tool)And if You are a registry fan, You can do this my navigating to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\] and adding a key field by the name "don't load" and one string value to each of the cpl file names. For example if You don't want to see accessibility options, add a string "access.cpl" on the right pane to the newly added key field "don't load". You can add as many strings You want.