UserPasswords2/Add to Control Panel

UserPasswords2

Add to Control Panel

How To Add UserPasswords2 to Control Panel

Windows XP

1. Launch/Open Notepad and copy and paste the code below in to it:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Adds the Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog to Control Panel
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Users and Passwords"
"InfoTip"="Starts The Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\netplwiz.dll,-102"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open\command]
@="Control Userpasswords2"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Add Userpasswords2 to Control Panel"

2. Save the file name with .reg extension. (e.g. "AddUserPasswords2toCP.reg")

3. Merge the file to your registry

4. Open control panel, you’ll find ‘Users and Passwords’ there.

How To Remove UserPasswords2 from the Control Panel The original idea to do this came from Kelly’s Korner. 1. Launch/Open Notepad and copy and paste the code below in to it: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Removes the Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog from Control Panel [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}] @="Users and Passwords" "InfoTip"="Starts The Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\netplwiz.dll,-102" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open\command] @="Control Userpasswords2" [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}] @="Add Userpasswords2 to Control Panel" 2. Save the file name with .reg extension. (e.g. "AddUserPasswords2toCP-Remove.reg") 3. Merge the file to your registry 4. Open control panel, you’ll find ‘Users and Passwords’ is gone.