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Resolved control panel items

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by steveo65, 2010/09/11.

  1. 2010/09/11
    steveo65

    steveo65 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    how do I remove left over control panel icons, such as adobe and nero?:confused:
     
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    TonyT

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    Which adobe & nero icons exactly?
     
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    steveo65

    steveo65 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    icons

    Adobe version cue CS4 and Nero burn rights(32bit)
     
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  5. 2010/09/12
    BurrWalnut

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    First of all, show all Control Panel Items sorted by name by opening a Run window (Windows Logo key+R), type or copy and paste cmd /k dir %windir%\system32\*.cpl /on (note the four spaces) and press Enter.

    Now rename (preferable to deleting at this stage) the two unwanted items by typing ren c:\windows\system32\nnnn.cpl nnnn.old (where nnnn is the name of the file) and press Enter. Close the Command Prompt window.

    At a later date, the renamed files can be deleted.
     
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    TonyT

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    Sometimes, just deleting the CPL will not actually remove the item from Control Panel, Windows may display a generic icon in its place. If so, you must delete the corresponding registry values in these registry keys:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ ControlPanel \ NameSpace

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ ControlPanel \ NameSpace

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Control Panel \ Cpls

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Control Panel \ Cpls
     
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  7. 2010/10/18
    steveo65

    steveo65 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Nero is gone but adobe is still there. I don't see it in the list.
     
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