JSI Tip 2905. More on running a Control Panel applet from the command line.

Jerold Schulman

October 11, 2000

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In tip 0258, I listed the typical Control Panel applets for a Windows NT 4.0 system.

In tip 2667, I detailed the execution of Control Panel applets for a typical Windows 2000 system.

You can also run Control Panel applets using Control.exe, on both systems, using the following syntax:

Control c:winntsystem32[,function]

NOTE: The function is only required when an applet provides multiple functions.

Here are the typical commands for Windows NT 4.0, but you can easily see what works in Windows 2000, from the previous tips:

   Control c:winntsystem32telephon.cpl,Telephony   Control c:winntsystem32ups.cpl,UPS   Control c:winntsystem32telephon.cpl,Telephony   Control c:winntsystem32srvmgr.cpl,Server   Control c:winntsystem32srvmgr.cpl,Services   Control c:winntsystem32srvmgr.cpl,Devices   Control c:winntsystem32cpa.cpl,Network   Control c:winntsystem32main.cpl,Mouse   Control c:winntsystem32main.cpl,Keyboard   Control c:winntsystem32main.cpl,Printers   Control c:winntsystem32main.cpl,Fonts   Control c:winntsystem32odbccp32.cpl,ODBC   Control c:winntsystem32console.cpl,Console   Control c:winntsystem32appwiz.cpl,Add/Remove Programs   Control c:winntsystem32access.cpl,Accessibility Options   Control c:winntsystem32inetcpl.cpl,Internet   Control c:winntsystem32DESK.CPL,Display   Control c:winntsystem32DEVAPPS.CPL,PC Card (PCMCIA)   Control c:winntsystem32DEVAPPS.CPL,SCSI Adapters   Control c:winntsystem32DEVAPPS.CPL,Tape Devices   Control c:winntsystem32INTL.CPL,Regional Settings   Control c:winntsystem32MMSYS.CPL,Multimedia   Control c:winntsystem32MMSYS.CPL,Sounds   Control c:winntsystem32MODEM.CPL,Modems   Control c:winntsystem32PORTS.CPL,Ports   Control c:winntsystem32SYSDM.CPL,System   Control c:winntsystem32TIMEDATE.CPL,Date/Time


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