OS: Windows 7 x64
Fingerprint reader: Validity VFS300
Fingerprint software: DigitalPersonaFingerprintReader 5.20.230
Here's an image of the icon that I wish to remove:
Note that this icon only appears when viewing the control panel list from the Start menu... it does not show up in the control panel folder. If I right-click the icon and choose "Create shortcut" I get the message "Windows could not create the shortcut. Check to see if the disk is full." although there is plenty of space on the disk.
I believe that the icon is actually for the "Biometric" control panel. Recently I installed my Fingerprint reader driver and software (both latest versions) and this should have enabled the Biometric control panel. I tried uninstalling and re-installing both the driver and software but it has not removed this blank icon. Note that the fingerprint reader does function perfectly.
My next step was to try removing the registry entry for the control panel (which was located at: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{GUID here}
) but when trying to delete the entry (even in safe mode) I get the error: "Cannot delete {GUID here}: Error while deleting key".
I also tried removing the control panel by moving the "biocpl.dll" file out of the system32 directory but it seems that that file must stay there as it's a part of Windows.
Any ideas on how I can get rid of this icon?