Tweak Library – Hide “Device Manager” snap-in from Computer Management console file.

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Hide “Device Manager” snap-in from Computer Management console file.

This setting can hide the snap-in “Device Manager” from Computer Management console file.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

The “Device Manager” shows the list of hardware devices installed on your computer. You can also set properties of these devices. It can be accessed from Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management. But, with this setting you can hide this snap-in from Computer Management console file.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “\MMC\{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}” does not exist, create them as explained below. Then, create a string value “Restrict_Run” in the right panel.

Now, right-click and modify its value to “1” which can disable snap-in. However, if you want to enable back the snap-in, delete the subkey “{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
You can still access “Device Manager” from the System Properties dialog obtained at the right-click of My Computer.

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Disallow Device Manager For MMC Snap-ins.reg

The '.reg' file can hide “Device Manager” snap-in.

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Allow Device Manager For MMC Snap-ins.reg

The '.reg' file can show “Device Manager” snap-in.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

MMC

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MMC\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MMC\{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Restrict_Run

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The snap-in “Device Manager” is disabled.

“Device Manager” snap-in is shown by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\] and create a new key as 'MMC'.

Third create a subkey under the key 'MMC' as '{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}'.

Fourth, create a String value as 'Restrict_Run' under the subkey '{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}'.

Now right click on the String value 'Restrict_Run' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '1' and click 'OK'.

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