Restore missing Control Panel icons
- By Ramesh Srinivasan
- Published August 29, 2006
Q: In trying to uninstall TweakUI, I unchecked some 'programs' under one of the tabs in Tweak - BIG, BIG mistake! Most of the icons that were in Control Panel are now gone! I tried reinstalling TweakUI and it didn't install. I tried using System Restore, but it was useless - none of the past two months worked. How do I restore Control Panel, short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks in advance... Bob
A: The list of hidden CPLs (Control Panel applet) are kept in the registry. You can reset the listing by editing the registry directly. Follow these steps:
- Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
- Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ don't load
- Backup the branch using the Export option under File menu
- In the right pane, delete all the values whose data is set to no
- Close Regedit.exe
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6 Responses to "Restore missing Control Panel icons" 
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said this on 03 Oct 2006 6:32:11 AM PDT
I uninstalled the trial version of word & install the works suite program. which is currently not working. when i tried to system restore it comes up incomplete...what can i do to get the original version back or fix system restore
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said this on 28 Aug 2007 4:01:17 AM PDT
I tried the regedit you recommended but under Control Panel I don't have any "don't load".
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said this on 17 Oct 2007 4:46:15 AM PDT
Hi, ihave the same problem about missing control panel. i think that is coz of the virus which hide my control panel. i tried the one you said that i must edit the registry but there no (HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel don't load) there. is there a other way to restore my control panel? tnx's
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said this on 24 Mar 2008 3:59:13 AM PDT
i would like control panel back in start up area, where it belongs please.
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