Microsoft KB Archive/192806

= How to run Control Panel tools by typing a command =

Article ID: 192806

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q192806



SUMMARY
This article describes how to run Control Panel tools in Windows by typing a command at a command prompt or in the Open box.



MORE INFORMATION
To run a Control Panel tool in Windows, type the appropriate command in the Open box or at a command prompt.

NOTE: If you want to run a command from a command prompt, you must do so from the Windows folder. Also, note that your computer may not have all of the tools listed in this article, as your Windows installation may not include all of these components.   Control panel tool             Command -  Accessibility Options          control access.cpl Add New Hardware              control sysdm.cpl add new hardware Add/Remove Programs           control appwiz.cpl Date/Time Properties          control timedate.cpl Display Properties            control desk.cpl FindFast                      control findfast.cpl Fonts Folder                  control fonts Internet Properties           control inetcpl.cpl Joystick Properties           control joy.cpl Keyboard Properties           control main.cpl keyboard Microsoft Exchange            control mlcfg32.cpl (or Windows Messaging) Microsoft Mail Post Office    control wgpocpl.cpl Modem Properties              control modem.cpl Mouse Properties              control main.cpl Multimedia Properties         control mmsys.cpl Network Properties            control netcpl.cpl NOTE: In Windows NT 4.0, Network properties is Ncpa.cpl, not Netcpl.cpl Password Properties           control password.cpl PC Card                       control main.cpl pc card (PCMCIA) Power Management (Windows 95) control main.cpl power Power Management (Windows 98) control powercfg.cpl Printers Folder               control printers Regional Settings             control intl.cpl Scanners and Cameras          control sticpl.cpl Sound Properties              control mmsys.cpl sounds System Properties             control sysdm.cpl NOTE: The Scanners and Cameras applet (sticpl.cpl) cannot be run in Windows Millennium. It has been replaced by the Scanners and Cameras Folder, which is similar in function to folders like Printers and Dial-up Networking.

Windows substitutes the name of the tool you want to run for %1%. For example:

"rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl".

To run the Users tool in Control Panel, type control Ncpa.cpl users, and then press ENTER.

To run the Users tool for Windows 95/98/Me, type "control inetcpl.cpl users" (without the quotation marks) and then press ENTER.

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