How to remove "Data Sources (ODBC)" from control panel?

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Hi,

Does anyone know how to remove or disable "Data Sources (ODBC)" from control
panel? I was able to remove it from Administrative Tools easily through
disabling shortcut in Standard Start Menu Shortcut component.
 
Hi Bing,

Thanks for your reply. I am not quite sure I understand your first
solution. I tried to open odbccp32.cpl file with notepad or wordpad without
success. My guess from your last reply was I needed to edit cpl file for
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't
load]. Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks a lot.

--
Chip


Bing.Chen said:
Dear Chip,

Please try this solution.

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't
load]
- odbccp32.cpl (ODBC Applet)
Set this value to "No"

Otherwise, you may reference following page to create a policy file.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207750/en-us

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Best Regards,
Bing Chen
Advantech Co., Ltd.
Microsoft eMVP

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Chip said:
Hi,

Does anyone know how to remove or disable "Data Sources (ODBC)" from
control
panel? I was able to remove it from Administrative Tools easily through
disabling shortcut in Standard Start Menu Shortcut component.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Chip, he meant to tell you to add that value to the registry. I'm getting a
vibe that you never edited the registry before and so i'll try to break this
down to simpler steps and also give you a better solution.

First you need to copy several files to your image in order to run the
registry editor. You will need the following files from a machine running
full XP: aclui.dll, clb.dll, and regedit.exe. Save those files to your
C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory on your embedded image.

Then go to Start>Run and type in regedit and press OK. That should open up
the registry editor. Once in the registry editor, navigate to this folder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\

Under the Namespace folder, you should see several folders, some with really
long names like "{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}". Browse through each
folder until you find that ODBC Applet and delete that folder completely or
rename it with a - in front, like so
"-{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}". That applies to any of the other
programs you want to remove from Control Panel.



Chip said:
Hi Bing,

Thanks for your reply. I am not quite sure I understand your first
solution. I tried to open odbccp32.cpl file with notepad or wordpad without
success. My guess from your last reply was I needed to edit cpl file for
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't
load]. Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks a lot.

--
Chip


Bing.Chen said:
Dear Chip,

Please try this solution.

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't
load]
- odbccp32.cpl (ODBC Applet)
Set this value to "No"

Otherwise, you may reference following page to create a policy file.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207750/en-us

--
Best Regards,
Bing Chen
Advantech Co., Ltd.
Microsoft eMVP

¬ãµØ - ·L³nÂ¥xÆW°Ã´O¤J¦¡§@·~¨t²Î¸g¾P°Ó
http://www.advantech.com.tw/epc/newsletter/ATW/2005MS/


Chip said:
Hi,

Does anyone know how to remove or disable "Data Sources (ODBC)" from
control
panel? I was able to remove it from Administrative Tools easily through
disabling shortcut in Standard Start Menu Shortcut component.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Dear pyz,

Thanks for your very clear explanation and I will give it a try. I also
found a simpler solution to the problem. I was able to remove Data Sources
(ODBC) icon from Control Panel by disabling odbccp.cpl file in "Microsoft
Data Access Components" component.

Regards.
--
Chip


pyz said:
Chip, he meant to tell you to add that value to the registry. I'm getting a
vibe that you never edited the registry before and so i'll try to break this
down to simpler steps and also give you a better solution.

First you need to copy several files to your image in order to run the
registry editor. You will need the following files from a machine running
full XP: aclui.dll, clb.dll, and regedit.exe. Save those files to your
C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory on your embedded image.

Then go to Start>Run and type in regedit and press OK. That should open up
the registry editor. Once in the registry editor, navigate to this folder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\

Under the Namespace folder, you should see several folders, some with really
long names like "{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}". Browse through each
folder until you find that ODBC Applet and delete that folder completely or
rename it with a - in front, like so
"-{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}". That applies to any of the other
programs you want to remove from Control Panel.



Chip said:
Hi Bing,

Thanks for your reply. I am not quite sure I understand your first
solution. I tried to open odbccp32.cpl file with notepad or wordpad without
success. My guess from your last reply was I needed to edit cpl file for
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't
load]. Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks a lot.

--
Chip


Bing.Chen said:
Dear Chip,

Please try this solution.

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don't
load]
- odbccp32.cpl (ODBC Applet)
Set this value to "No"

Otherwise, you may reference following page to create a policy file.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207750/en-us

--
Best Regards,
Bing Chen
Advantech Co., Ltd.
Microsoft eMVP

¬ãµØ - ·L³nÂ¥xÆW°Ã´O¤J¦¡§@·~¨t²Î¸g¾P°Ó
http://www.advantech.com.tw/epc/newsletter/ATW/2005MS/


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Hi,

Does anyone know how to remove or disable "Data Sources (ODBC)" from
control
panel? I was able to remove it from Administrative Tools easily through
disabling shortcut in Standard Start Menu Shortcut component.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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