How to customize a personalized WinXP control panel

Seeing the unchanging WinXP control panel, have you ever thought about "changing the taste"? WinXP's control panel actually has a lot of "playing", you can change its function icons, change icons Position, add icon categories, modify icon names, etc., truly personalized control panel, in line with the needs of each user, there are five ways to make your WinXP control panel a new look.

1, the custom law

In fact, Microsoft's own Control Panel customization options may be partially meet the user to personalize the demand. In Windows 2000/Me/XP, you can set the function options in the control panel to the submenu under the menu "Start". In Windows XP, the setting method is: Right click on the "Taskbar", select the "Properties" option, enter the "Taskbar and [Start] menu" dialog box, select the "Start" menu ” tab, then click the “Customize" button, go to the “ Customize [Start] menu & rdquo; dialog box, select the "Advanced" tab, in the "[Start] menu item & rdquo; option Select “Control Panel>*“Show as menu", define it as a menu, click the "OK" button and close all windows.

You can still view the function icons in the control panel in window mode by selecting: “start”*“setting”*“control panel”, double-clicking “control panel&rdquo Option or right click on it and select the “Open” or “Browse” option. You can also customize the "Control Panel" window as you would any other folder. To do this: In the “View” menu, select the “icon”,“list” or “details” options.

2, Group Policy Method

Although you can't add a function icon, rename an icon, or change its appearance in the Control Panel, you can delete unwanted icons. The method is to select “start”*“search”*“file or folder" (in Windows 2000/Me), or <start”*“search" (in Windows XP) . In the first text box on the left panel of the "Search Results" window, type “*.cpl”, in the "Search Scope" ';specify the relevant path, click “Search Now” or “Search” Button. The control panel files are located in the System or System32 folder. If you need to remove some function icons, you can move the related items to any other folder.

But sometimes the names of these files are not particularly intuitive. This way you have to double-click on these icons to verify that they are the items you need to remove before removing them. For example, when you double-click the "prefcpl.cpl" file, you actually open the RealPlayer's "Properties" dialog box. You can remove the RealPlayer icon from the control panel by removing the .cpl file (of course, the premise is RealPlayer software is already installed on your system). However, this method only works for third-party icons in Windows XP, and for system built-in icons, if you move these icons, the system will automatically restore them. Note: “main.cpl” This file links several different control panel function icons, including fonts, keyboards, mice, and printers. If you move this file, the above function icons will be removed at the same time. Previous12Next page Total 2 pages