Opening Control Panels

Introduction

This example demonstrates how to open Control Panel items such as Internet Settings, Mouse, Monitor etc..

The .CPLs can be found in C:\Windows\System, just mess about with the numbers, there are too many to list. Basically the number represents the tab, ie Display->Settings/Appearance/Background etc..

' Internet Settings
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl")

' Internet->Security
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,1")

' Printers Folder
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @2")

' Fonts Folder
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @3")

' Display->Appearance
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl ,2")

' Display->ScreenSaver
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl ,1")

' Display->Settings
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl ,3")

' Display->Background
x = Shell("Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl ,5")

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