How to hide applets in the control panel

The control panel applets are stored in the X:\WINDOWS\system32 folder.

X: represents the drive where you have installed windows.

Open regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load

Insert a new String value and rename it with the applets name that you want to hide. Give it the value: No

For example to hide 'Add or Remove Programs' from the Control Panel insert the following in Notepad and save it with a '.reg' extension. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load] "appwiz.cpl"="No" Merge it with the registry. To undo delete the concerned key from the registry.