JSI Tip 5012. Common Windows XP Control Panel Applets

Jerold Schulman

March 19, 2002

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Most Control Panel applets are .cpl files in the System32 folder.

The common applets are:

File name

Purpose

Access.cpl

Accessibility properties

Appwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs properties

Desk.cpl

Display properties

Hdwwiz.cpl

Add Hardware properties

Inetcpl.cpl

Internet properties

Intl.cpl

Regional Settings properties

Irprops.cpl

Infrared Port properties(located in C:WindowsDriver cacheI386Driver.cab until you install an infrared device)

Joy.cpl

Joystick properties

Main.cpl

Mouse properties

Mmsys.cpl

Multimedia properties

Ncpa.cpl

Network Connections properties

Nusrmgr.cpl

User Accounts properties

Nwc.cpl

Gateway Services for NetWare properties

Odbccp32.cpl

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Data Source Administrator properties

Powercfg.cpl

Power Options properties

Sapi.cpl

Speech Properties(located in C:Program filesCommon filesMicrosoft SharedSpeech)

Sysdm.cpl

System properties

Telephon.cpl

Phone and Modem Options properties

Timedate.cpl

Time and Date properties

To run an individual applet, see tip 2095.



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