Access all different aspects of your control panel (Add/Remove Programs, Mouse Control, etc..).
| Submitted On | |
| By | Sparq |
| Level | Advanced |
| User Rating | 4.7 (33 globes from 7 users) |
| Compatibility | VB 6.0 |
| Category | Windows System Services |
| World | Visual Basic |
| Archive File |
| Control Panel | ||
| module: | CONTROL.EXE | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL | |
| result: | displays all the Control Panel icons in an Explorer view | |
| Accessibility Properties | ||
| module: | ACCESS.CPL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,5 | |
| result: | displays the Accessibility General properties | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,1 | |
| result: | displays the Accessibility Keyboard properties | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,2 | |
| result: | displays the Accessibility Sound properties | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,3 | |
| result: | displays the Accessibility Display properties | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,4 | |
| result: | displays the Accessibility Mouse properties | |
| Add New Hardware Wizard | ||
| module: | SYSDM.CPL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl @1 | |
| result: | runs the Add New Hardware wizard | |
| Add New Printer Wizard | ||
| module: | SHELL32.DLL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL AddPrinter | |
| result: | runs the Add New Printer wizard | |
| comments: | Windows NT, it is possible to bring up a predefined Windows Dialog box for connecting to a network printer - the ConnectToPrinterDlg API. However, this dialog is not accessible by Visual Basic programs running under Windows 95. Therefore, you must use a Command line equivalent statement to invoke the "Add Printer Wizard" under Windows 95 as detailed above. (KB article Q154007) | |
| Add/Remove Programs Property Page | ||
| module: | APPWIZ.CPL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1 | |
| result: | displays the Install/Uninstall tab selected | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,2 | |
| result: | displays the Windows Setup tab selected | |
| command: | rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,3 | |
| result: | displays the Startup Disk tab selected | |
| Briefcase | ||
| module: | SYNCUI.DLL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe syncui.dll,Briefcase_Create | |
| result: | Creates a new Briefcase on the desktop | |
| Copy Disk Dialog | ||
| module: | DISKCOPY.DLL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe diskcopy.dll,DiskCopyRunDll | |
| result: | displays the Copy Disk dialog for removable media | |
| Create New Shortcut | ||
| module: | APPWIZ.CPL | |
| command: | rundll32.exe apwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1 | |
| result: | Displays the Create New Shortcut dialog. Completing the filename in the dialog creates a shortcut at the location specified by %1 | |