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Restore Network Connections icon to the Control Panel in Windows Vista

Network Connections icon is hidden by default from the Control Panel in Windows Vista. Here is a registry edit to unhide the Network Connections icon.

Add Network Connections icon to the Control Panel

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER

2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Control Panel \ don’t load

3. In the right pane, right-click ncpa.cpl and choose Delete

4. Exit the Registry Editor.

Registry Fix

To automate the above, download ncpa-cpl-unhide.reg and save to Desktop. Double-click the file to run it. To reverse the changes, run ncpa-cpl-hide.reg.

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  1. Thanks, very useful. :)

    But what if I want to reverse it?

  2. I’ve added an Undo REG file, Mike.

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