Microsoft KB Archive/261241

= How To How to Hide Selected Control Panel Tools in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 261241

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q261241



IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Hide Specified Control Panel Applets
 * Show Only Specified Control Panel Applets
 * .CPL Files
 * Troubleshooting



SUMMARY
This article describes how to hide specific configuration tools in Control Panel using Group Policy. The Group Policy settings that you create are contained in a Group Policy Object (GPO), which is in turn associated with selected Active Directory containers, such as sites, domains, or organizational units (OUs). You can also implement Group Policy at the local computer level. The following are two ways to achieve the masking of Control Panel Applets using Group Policy settings.

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Hide Specified Control Panel Applets

 * 1) Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
 * 2) Click Action, and then click Add/Remove Snap-ins.
 * 3) Click Add, click Group Policy, click Add, click Group Policy or Local Policy, and then click Finish.
 * 4) Click Close, and then click OK.
 * 5) Expand User Configuration, and then expand Administrative Template.
 * 6) Click Control Panel.
 * 7) On the right pane of the Policy menu, double-click Hide specified control panel applets policy.
 * 8) Click Enable, click Show, click Add, type the corresponding tool name to deny access, click OK, and then click OK.
 * 9) Repeat step 8 for every tool you want to hide.
 * 10) Click Apply, and then click OK.

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Show Only Specified Control Panel Applets

 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy.
 * 2) In the console tree, navigate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates and then click to select Control Panel.
 * 3) In the display pane, right click Show only specified control panel applets and then click Properties.
 * 4) Click to select Enabled.
 * 5) This will hide everything in the Control Panel. To add viewable applets click Show, and then click Add.
 * 6) In the Enter the item to be added text box, type the name of the applet you want available for view and then click OK. Repeat the two previous step for all applets that you want available for view.
 * 7) Click Ok.

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.CPL Files
The following list shows the .cpl file that corresponds to each Control Panel tool.   .cpl File       Control Panel Tools Access.cpl     Accessibility Appwiz.cpl     Add/Remove Program Desk.cpl       Display Desk.cpl       Printers Fax.cpl        Fax wizard Hdwwiz.cpl     Add/Remove Hardware Intl.cpl       International Joy.cpl        Game controller Liccpa.cpl     Licensing Main.cpl       Mouse Mlcfg.cpl      Mail Mmsys.cpl      Sound and multimedia Modem.cpl      Phone and Modem Ncpa.cpl       Network and connectivity Netcpl.cpl     Network and Dial-up Connectivity Nwc.cpl        Netware client connectivity Odbccp32.cpl   Open database connectivity Powercfg.cpl   Power management Sticpl.cpl     Scanner and camera Sysdm.cpl      System Telephon.cpl   Dialing rule and modem Timedate. cpl  Date Time and Time zone Wspcpl.cpl     WSP Client Wspcpl32.cpl   WSP Client

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Troubleshooting
Controlling of Control Panel Applets can also be done using TweakUI. If you are troubleshooting a problem dealing with Control Panel Applets and the Group Policy settings for this have not been modified you may want to look to any modification made using TweakUI.

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