Control Panel

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft

Description

The Control Panel subkey contains entries that store Group Policy settings for Control Panel programs. Group Policy creates and maintains the entries in this subkey, and the Control Panel programs read and interpret them.

Change method

To add, remove, or change the entries in this subkey, use Group Policy.

Note

The entries in this subkey take precedence over entries of the same name in the HKCU\ Control Panel and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel subkeys.

Tip

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Group Policy Reference.

For general information about Group Policy, see Windows 2000 Server Help or Windows 2000 Professional Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Registry Table .

Related Entries

Control Panel subkey in HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows