

This policy has two modes: it can either specify a list of settings pages to show or a list of pages to hide. Direct navigation to a blocked page via URI, context menu in Explorer or other means will result in the front page of Settings being shown instead. Blocked pages will not be visible in the app, and if all pages in a category are blocked the category will be hidden as well. This policy allows an administrator to block a given set of pages from the System Settings app. Specifies the list of pages to show or hide from the System Settings app. It is a new option in Windows 10 Creators Update.

As of this writing, the following categories are available: Settings app has a set of pages with options organized in several categories. It already includes the most important options from the Control panel, but a few of them are still available exclusively in form of the Control Panel applets.

Settings is a Universal Windows app, which is designed to replace the classic Control Panel some day.
