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Moving / Removing control panel icons

Last post 05-01-2008 6:43 PM by Laura Rooke. 1 replies.
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  • 05-01-2008 6:12 PM

    • davidc
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    Moving / Removing control panel icons

    WARNING -
    The following post contains advanced information regarding your windows mobile device. Unless you are experienced in the area and know what you are doing, the following could potentially harm your device. 

    Make sure you read everything carefully and drop me a PM if you have any questions!

     

    Want to move an item in your control panel, or completely hide it?

    Basically,  the CPLMAIN.cpl handles all this, and you'lle have fun trying to change this file,  but if you want a quick and easy approach,

    Lets take the Backlight settings for example.

    It exists in the System tab.  What if we wanted this on our Personal tab?

    The icons exist in "Groups" in the registry,  0 =  Personal, 1 = System, 2 = Connections

    So therefor if we change the group the icon will move.  

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Backlight\Group = 1.

    So change it to 0.

    Wait for the registry to flush and then soft reset.  When the device comes online, the icon will be in personal.

    Similarly if i wanted to get rid of the icon all together, i would change the group to something that didnt exist, eg. "6"  then it would not appear.

     Also, sometimes you can find 'secret' icons that are hidden, these will usually have a blank "Redirect" entry or, a "Hide" entry in their key. So just remove it and assign it a group!

    All of this can be done with a CAB if you wish too.

     

    Some icons however, don't exist in the registry control panel settings, they are merely implemented in the cpl.  I can go into this if people want to know.  

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  • 05-01-2008 6:43 PM In reply to

    • Laura Rooke
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    Re: Moving / Removing control panel icons

    Thanks for these tips David.

    Personally I am very wary about editing my registry. I hope everyone who reads this realise that you do these things at your own risk, and that it is not simplistic. These tips are great for for the advanced user, but please be careful. Thanks.

    Laura Rooke
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