Vista - Removing Bluetooth Devices Icon from Control Panel - Windows Vista Business

Hello All.

I am trying to remove the Bluetooth Devices icon that is present in the Control Panel in Windows Vista Business, this computer is not Bluetooth capable so there is no need for this icon. I have located the bthprops.cpl file and bthprops.cpl.mui and have disabled the Bluetooth service in Services. I am still unable to delete the previously mentioned files even though I have full administrative privileges on the computer. I also noticed while examining the files’ properties, the attribute A which I assume is an acronym for Archive. Can file attributes be reset so they may be deleted? How is this done?

Second problem, in the Control Panel there is an unnamed folder without any associations, how does one go about removing an orphaned or abandoned folder within the Control Panel.

OS: Windows Vista Business SP1
Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 – Laptop

Thanking all in advance for your help.

Try renaming the bthprops.cpl from the system32 folder and you may not see the bluetooth icon in the control panel. Before renaming them i hope you have to take ownership of the file(being a member of vistax64 i assume you know that). Also find the .CPL file corresponding to the abondoned folder in the control panel to get it removed the same way as the bluetooth icon..,

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