Rename Control Panel Items..

[dj_night]

Greetings Neowinians... I have not been around here for ages, how time flys...

I am looking for some way to rename all the Control Panel Items, less space = better...

I also want to remove the "Folder Options" and "Fonts" Menu from Control Panel...

It is not possible to rename the items from the .cpl files String Tables and Menus,

from there I can only change the "Capion bar and In program names not the Text in Control panel.

I have not found anything in the registrey... I will give it a try again tomorrow..

would appreciate any help...

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[acedriver]

you could hide them using MS Tweak UI, don't know about renaming them.. I like to know it too..Reshacking them don't work.

edit: tweak ui can hide others, but not Folder Options and Fonts.

[dougkinzinger]

You can rename them in the Registry, but why? :blink: What purpose does it serve?

[dj_night]

Problem Solved... I was tired last night I guess : ]

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Administrative Tools

Folder Options

Fonts

Network Connections

Printers and Faxes

Scanners and Cameras

Sheduled Tasks

Taskbar and Start Menu

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Can be renamed / removed on the Register string below,

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache]

The rest of the control panel applets can be renamed by reshacking the .cpl file itself,

some can be renamed in shell32.dll,

Scanners and Cameras ---> sticpl.cpl from wiashext.dll

Folder Options --> SHELL32.dll

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dougkinzinger >> the reason / purpose I wanted to do this was to get a minimalistic look so that it matches with my other minimalistic mods.

[insanekiwi]

heh. i dunno why i woull/should rename stuff under my control panel? :blink:

[+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹]

Probably because it makes the bar smaller in width, I take all the shortcuts from their folder in the all programs menu to achieve a similar effect.

[dj_night]

As soon as all the control panel applets where renamed and the control menu looked more minimal I was

starting to have a new problem that I did not had before this.

The "blank" spacing width between all the other StartMenu items has been increased by "0.5cm"..

This is very strange because I really dont see how this can relate to the control panel issue...

Nothing else was changed, applying the theme again or reload the font does not help,

would appreciate any help...

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[dj_night]

another easier way to remove the "FONTS" and "FOLDER OPTIONS" shortcuts fr the control panel.

STEP1: START> RUN: gpedit.msc

STEP2: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel

STEP3: Select: Hide Specified Control Panel Applets

STEP4: Properties > Enabled > Show... > Add... > FONTS and FOLDER OPTIONS > OK > DONE

it is really unnecessary to have those shortcuts in the Control panel, "Folder Option" can still be selected in everyfolder "Tools > Folder Options" and fonts in the windir,

[dj_night]

Here is my final results.. I'm pretty happy with it, the .cpl Files at the bottom and the other control panel folders at top for easy access. This is only useful for those that use the "Classic Start Menu" and "Expand" the control panel folder.

I'm still looking for a way to get the start menu width fixed.. it really breaks the Minimal concept..

Vacation > bad weather > 2 much free time > restless > spending time on unnecessary crappy computer makeovers :whistle: > wow what a summer..

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[kagaku]

You can rename them in the Registry, but why? :blink: What purpose does it serve?

It's aesthetically pleasing to most people to have everything look minimal. It might serve no purpose functionality wise at all, but it does look nice in my opinion.

[dougkinzinger]

Well, it does look pretty cool.

--Doug

[aco Veteran]

That 0.5cm space is probably reserved for arrows (like those you can see next to Administrative Tools, Network Connections, etc.)

[dj_night]

That 0.5cm space is probably reserved for arrows (like those you can see next to Administrative Tools, Network Connections, etc.)

Yeah you're right, I've tried using/adding smaller arrows/common glyphs by editing the marlett.ttf but windows is still reserving that space. Even removing the glyph arrows wont help, the blank space is way to high even if you are using folders insted of icons, ~0.2cm would look much cleaner.

I'm looking for some way to find the Min/Max Width setting that windows is reserving. This has been a big issue even from the win9x days, can't fint anything about this in the shell32.dll / registry or Virtualplastic.net..

[Herby]

If you like minimal, there is a nice topic here. :D it's about creating folders & shortcuts with no name at all. (not Alt+255)

[Raum]

Another thing you could do is just make a new folder with shortcuts to all the Control Panel items you want, name them how you want, then put that folder in your start menu.

[futb0l]

Wow - that looks very good, I would love to have a desktop like that.