In this article we will show you how to disable the settings and the panel control in Windows 10.
Most Windows 10 users will never need to block or disable the Settings app and classic Control Panel. If you have a guest on your computer and you don't want them to mess with your Windows settings, you can always create a standard user account with reduced privileges.
However, in some cases, you may want to disable or block the Settings and Dashboard app. For example, when you do not want to create another user account, but you want to prevent your visitor from making changes to custom or default settings on your computer.
Windows 10 does not offer an easy way to turn off the Control Panel and Settings. To do this, you need to go to Group Policy or the Windows Registry.
Follow the instructions below to enable or disable the Settings and Control Panel in Windows 10.
Method 1 - Through Group Policy
Note that Group Policy Editor is not part of the Windows 10 Home version, which means that you can not use Group Policy to enable or disable the Settings and Control Panel in Home. If you have Home, then use the 2 method of this guide (registry method).
Step 1: Open it processing πολιτικής ομάδας. Για να την ανοίξετε πληκτρολογήστε το όνομά "επεξεργασία πολιτικής ομάδας" στο πεδίο αναζήτησης της Έναρξης και κλικάρετε το σωστό αποτέλεσμα της αναζήτησης.
Step 2: In the Local Group Policy Editor window, go to “User Settings > Administrative Templates > Panel control". On the right side, look for "Ban access in Control Panel and Computer Settings" and then double-click it to open its properties.
Step 3: Select the Enabled option to disable or block Settings and Control Panel. Click the Apply button.
To re-enable Settings and Control Panel, select the "No setting" option. Click the Apply button.
Method 2 - Through the Registry
Step 1: Type Regedit in the Start Search field, then select regedit.exe and press the Enter key.
Click Yes if you see a window asking if you want to allow the registry editor to make changes to your device.
Step 2: Navigate to the following address: Computer \ HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
Step 3: On the right side, right-click an empty spot, click the "New" button, click "DWORD (32-bit) Value" and then name it as NoControlPanel.
Step 4: Finally, double-click the NoControlPanel value, and then set the value data to 1 to disable or block the Control Panel and Settings.
Set the value to 0 or clear the NoControlPanel value to enable both the Control Panel and Settings app in Windows 10.
