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February 2, 2010

Add “control userpasswords2” User Accounts icon in Control Panel

In one of previous posts I had explained about, how to skip the password screen at Windows startup, in which came the use of “control userpasswords2” User Accounts, which is only accessible by entering the “control userpasswords2” command in RUN.




Here I’m going to explain how to place an Icon of this User Accounts in Control Panel, for easy access.



To differ it from the actual User Accounts, it has been named User Accounts 2.
To do this, all you have to do is to download the following .reg file and open it by double-clicking on it and accept all the warnings.

Next time you open your Control Panel, you’ll see a new Icon, named “User Accounts 2”
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Now, once you have done this, you might not see the same icon as shown is the above picture.

If you can live with that, it’s your wish, but if you want to apply the same icon, then follows the following steps.

download the icon.



*Do not right-click and save the above image because, to apply icon, the image has to be in ico format 256x256, so it would be better to download the icon.
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Once downloaded, save it someplace safe.

Open Registry Editor, by typing regedit in RUN (Win Key + R)

Then go to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ 98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D\DefaultIcon

In right-side pane, double-click on “(Default)”, a small window will open.

 




Under “Value data:” type the address where you have placed the icon (C:\Windows\ico\29793.ico) and press ok and close the Registry Editor.

Now open the Control Panel and you’ll see the new Icon.

Done!

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