Microsoft KB Archive/180025

= How to Open Control Panel Folders from the Command Prompt =

Article ID: 180025

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q180025





SUMMARY
This article describes how to start Control Panel applications and open folders at the MS-DOS command prompt.



MORE INFORMATION
Use the following syntax to launch Control Panel applications and open folders:

For Windows 2000:

For example, to open the printers folder, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt:

control printers

The %Systemroot%\System32 folder also contains .cpl files that allow users to launch Control Panel applications through Windows Explorer or the command prompt. For a list of the .cpl files and their descriptions, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: 173132

TITLE : Replacing Missing Control Panel Icons

Additional query words: printer command utility program cpl applets

Keywords: kbinfo KB180025

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