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

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

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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. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.

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

Second, go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\] </b> 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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Registry Entries

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Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]
Location: Current User
Value Name: MMC
Data Type: Key
Action Type: Add an Entry

Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MMC\]
Location: Current User
Value Name: {90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}
Data Type: Key
Action Type: Add an Entry

Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MMC\{90087284-d6d6-11d0-8353-00a0c90640bf}\]
Location: Current User
Value Name: Restrict_Run
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Enabled Value: 1
Action Type: Add an Entry

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