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How To Launch Control Panel Application From The Command Line

Written by Saman Sadeghi on August 30, 2007 Add comments

I love the Command Prompt. As a power user, it’s the fastest way to access just about everything you need to do on your Windows system and the Control Panel is a perfect example of this! Most of the Control Panel applets are actually files with a .CPL extension, and those that are, would be located in the %systemroot%\system32 folder.

You can access these applets by hitting the Windows Key+R and typing Control and the app that you want. Example:
control hdwwiz.cpl

The List

I wrote the list in alphabetical order for your viewing pleasure (you could call this list the third in the Saman’s Big Ole List Of Windows… series). Just remember that some of these might not work on your machine - things like the Bluetooth manager won’t work if you don’t have Bluetooth installed!


Just remember that you need to type control and then the applet’s name!

Accessibility Options
access.cpl

Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools
admintools

Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Properties
bthprops.cpl

Control Panel
panel

Desktop Properties
desktop

Desktop Appearances Properties
color

Display Properties
desk.cpl

Fastfind Properties
findfast.cpl

Firewall Properties
firewall.cpl

Fonts Folder
fonts

Game Controllers
joy.cpl

Infrared Properties
infrared

Internet Options
inetcpl.cpl

iSCSI Initiator
iscsicpl.cpl

Java Control Panel
jpicpl32.cpl

Keyboard Properties
main.cpl keyboard

Licensing Mode
liccpa.cpl

Mouse Properties
main.cpl

Network Connections
ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl

ODBC Properties
odbccp32.cpl

Power Options
powercfg.cpl

Printers Folder
printers

Regional and Language Options
intl.cpl

Scanners and Camera Properties
sticpl.cpl

Schedule Tasks
schedtasks

Sound and Audio Devices
mmsys.cpl

Stored Passwords
keymgr.cpl

System Properties
sysdm.cpl

Telephone and Modem Properties
telephon.cpl

Time and Date Settings
timedate.cpl

User Accounts
nusrmgr.cpl

User Accounts Advances
userpasswords2

User Passwords
userpasswords

Windows Security Center
wscui.cpl

Wireless Link
irprops.cpl

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    7 Comments »

    Comment by Haris 2007-08-31 00:05:00

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    :shock: Cool list! Thanks for sharing

     
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    Comment by Technical tips blog 2007-09-04 04:18:28

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    Hmmmm :mad: Just when I was thinking about doing such a post you have done it… You are amazing Saman. I wish I could also do the same amount of posting as you do. But you know EXAMS Suck…

    Comment by Saman Sadeghi 2007-09-04 08:07:07

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    :lol: Thanks bud!

    I wish I could post as much as I used to - I used to average 1.5 posts a day but I can barely get 1 a day now - I just started school too…

     
     
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    […] has a cool list of control panel shortcuts. I use a lot of shortcuts to work faster on the computer and I frequently use [WinKey]+[R] to run […]

     
    Comment by Ron 2008-01-22 09:52:40

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    :cool: Thanks for the list.. I had a dead GUI on a w2k3 server and reserected explorer (the GUI) by launching system props from the command line. Windows blows.. but maybe with w2k8 we’ll finally get a shell only OS that won’t get so easily hamstrung by requiring a GUI.. we’ll see!

     

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