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Author
9 Oct 2007 10:57 PM
Stephen Lo
I want to remove the following items which i NEVER use from the control
panel of WinXP Pro SP2.

Scanner and camera
Windows cardspace
Wireless Network Setup Wizard

I put the corresponding applets:

sticpl.cpl
infocardcpl.cpl
irprops.cpl

in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load with a "no" data. but they
still appear in the control panel.

I also unchecck the last two applets in Control Panel of MS TweakUIXP
still don't work as desired (the first item could be found in TweakUI)

Please help, thank you!!


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Stephen Lo, Vancouver, BC., CA.

Author
10 Oct 2007 1:31 AM
Ken Blake, MVP
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:57:10 -0700, Stephen Lo
<losl_removet***@canada.com> wrote:

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>
> I want to remove the following items which i NEVER use from the control
> panel of WinXP Pro SP2.
>
> Scanner and camera
> Windows cardspace
> Wireless Network Setup Wizard
>
> I put the corresponding applets:
>
> sticpl.cpl
> infocardcpl.cpl
> irprops.cpl
>
> in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load with a "no" data. but they
> still appear in the control panel.


You did it backwards. If you don't want them to load, the value of the
don't load registry key should be "Yes."

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Author
10 Oct 2007 5:00 PM
Stephen Lo
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
Show quote
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:57:10 -0700, Stephen Lo
> <losl_removet***@canada.com> wrote:
>
>> I want to remove the following items which i NEVER use from the control
>> panel of WinXP Pro SP2.
>>
>> Scanner and camera
>> Windows cardspace
>> Wireless Network Setup Wizard
>>
>> I put the corresponding applets:
>>
>> sticpl.cpl
>> infocardcpl.cpl
>> irprops.cpl
>>
>> in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load with a "no" data. but they
>> still appear in the control panel.
>
>
> You did it backwards. If you don't want them to load, the value of the
> don't load registry key should be "Yes."
>

"No", "Yes" or blank work for all the others except sticpl.cpl;
infocardcpl.cpl & irprops.cpl.

Any other suggestion, thank you!!

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Stephen Lo, Vancouver, BC., CA.
Author
10 Oct 2007 6:00 PM
Ramesh, MS-MVP
It's because the "Scanner and Camera" is a namespace object. To hide it, you use the "NonEnum" registry key.

For example, see Method 2 here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/hidemnp.htm

Note that the link above talks about "My Network Places". For "Scanner and Camera" the GUID string is given below:

{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP  [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Stephen Lo" <losl_removet***@canada.com> wrote in message news:470D053F.5010004@canada.com...
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
Show quote
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:57:10 -0700, Stephen Lo
> <losl_removet***@canada.com> wrote:
>
>> I want to remove the following items which i NEVER use from the control
>> panel of WinXP Pro SP2.
>>
>> Scanner and camera
>> Windows cardspace
>> Wireless Network Setup Wizard
>>
>> I put the corresponding applets:
>>
>> sticpl.cpl
>> infocardcpl.cpl
>> irprops.cpl
>>
>> in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load with a "no" data. but they
>> still appear in the control panel.
>
>
> You did it backwards. If you don't want them to load, the value of the
> don't load registry key should be "Yes."
>

"No", "Yes" or blank work for all the others except sticpl.cpl;
infocardcpl.cpl & irprops.cpl.

Any other suggestion, thank you!!

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Stephen Lo, Vancouver, BC., CA.
Author
11 Oct 2007 3:36 AM
Stephen Lo
Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> It's because the "Scanner and Camera" is a namespace object. To hide it, you use the "NonEnum" registry key.
>
> For example, see Method 2 here:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/hidemnp.htm
>
> Note that the link above talks about "My Network Places". For "Scanner and Camera" the GUID string is given below:
>
> {E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
>
Thank you, It works. How about the other two:

Windows cardspace and Wireless Network setup wizard?

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Stephen Lo, Vancouver, BC., CA.
Author
11 Oct 2007 11:45 AM
Ramesh, MS-MVP
>> Wireless Network setup wizard

In the "don't load" registry key, set netsetup.cpl value data as "yes". The "Network Setup Wizard" and the "Wireless Network Setup Wizard" applets should disappear.

>> Windows cardspace

No idea. I don't have this item in my system.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP  [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Stephen Lo" <losl_removet***@canada.com> wrote in message news:470D9A49.4090705@canada.com...
Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> It's because the "Scanner and Camera" is a namespace object. To hide it, you use the "NonEnum" registry key.
>
> For example, see Method 2 here:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/hidemnp.htm
>
> Note that the link above talks about "My Network Places". For "Scanner and Camera" the GUID string is given below:
>
> {E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
>
Thank you, It works. How about the other two:

Windows cardspace and Wireless Network setup wizard?

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Stephen Lo, Vancouver, BC., CA.

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