Enable or disable Control Panel in windows 8 (PowerShell)

Introduction

The goal of this script is to enable or disable Control Panel on Windows 8.

Scenarios

Sometimes administrators want to prevent the access to Control Panel for ensuring security.

Script

This script contains one advanced functions Set-OSCControlPanel, you can use this script in the following way:

Method:

1.    Rename scriptname.ps1 to scriptname.psm1 (PowerShell Module file).
2.    Run Import-Module cmdlet to import this module file (Run PowerShell as administrator).
        Import-Module filepath\scriptname.psm1

Here are some code snippets for your references. To get the complete script sample, please click the download button at the beginning of this page.

If($Model -eq "Disable")
{
    #create item property
    New-ItemProperty -Path  -Name "NoControlPanel" -PropertyType DWord -ErrorAction  SilentlyContinue
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "NoControlPanel"  -Value 1 
    Write-Host "Disable control panel successfully."
}
Else
{    
    #remove the item property
    If(Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "NoControlPanel"  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
        Remove-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "NoControlPanel"  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        Write-Host "Enable control panel successfully."
    }
}

If($Model -eq "Disable") 
{ 
    #create item property 
    New-ItemProperty -Path  -Name "NoControlPanel" -PropertyType DWord -ErrorAction  SilentlyContinue 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "NoControlPanel"  -Value 1  
    Write-Host "Disable control panel successfully."} 
Else 
{     
    #remove the item property 
    If(Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "NoControlPanel"  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) 
    { 
        Remove-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name "NoControlPanel"  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
        Write-Host "Enable control panel successfully."}}

Examples

Example 1: Disable control panel in local.
Command: Set-OSCControlPanel -Model Disable
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Example 2: Enable control panel in another computer.
Command: $cre =Get-Credential admin
               Set-OSCControlPanel -Model enable -Computer testclient8 -Credential $cre
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Prerequisite

Windows 8