Disable Windows Control Panel

with Folder Guard for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000

Restricting access to Control Panel

Folder Guard lets you restrict access to the commands of Windows Control Panel and prevent their use by the unauthorized users of your computer. You can restrict all commands of Control Panel, or only some of them. You can also set up different restrictions for different users: for example, you can configure Folder Guard to allow full access to the Control Panel commands for yourself, but restrict such access for other users.

Folder Guard offers two methods of restricting access to Control Panel. The first method is by using the Permissions, which allow you to enable or disable access to various Control Panel commands and other elements or Windows user interface.

The second method of restricting access to the commands of Control Panel is by assigning the no access attribute to the appropriate CPL files, located in the System32 folder of Windows. The following table lists some common CPL files and the Control Panel commands they are responsible for:

CPL files and the Control Panel commands

ACCESS.CPL	Accessibility Options
APPWIZ.CPL	Add/Remove Programs
DESK.CPL	Display
FIREWALL.CPL	Windows Firewall
HDWWIZ.CPL	Add/Remove Hardware
INETCPL.CPL	Internet settings
INFRARED.CPL	Infrared
INTL.CPL	Regional settings
JOY.CPL	Game Controllers
MAIN.CPL	Fonts, Keyboard, Mouse, PC Cards, Printers
MMSYS.CPL	Sounds
MODEM.CPL	Modems
NCPA.CLP	Network connections
NETCPL.CPL	Network settings
NUSRMGR.CPL	User manager on Windows XP
ODBCCP32.CPL	ODBC Data Source Administrator
PASSWORD.CPL	Passwords
POWERCFG.CPL	Power Management
SYSDM.CPL	System
TELEPHON.CPL	Telephony
THEMES.CPL	Desktop Themes
TIMEDATE.CPL	Date/Time

Your copy of Windows may have other CPL files, which add additional commands to Control Panel.