Control Panel

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Dottie

Could someone please tell me the name of the control panel
file ( that executes the control panel) as I would like to
add it to a toolbar...

Thanks
 
Dottie said:
Could someone please tell me the name of the control panel
file ( that executes the control panel) as I would like to
add it to a toolbar...
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It's not a file.

In earlier versions of Windows, you could create custom shortcuts such as
you suggest - see, for example, my page on how to add this and many others
in Win9x: http://aumha.org/win4/a/strtmenu.htm

But this doesn't work in Windows XP. The technology is different. Control
Panel used to be an actual folder. Now it's merely display code that fakes a
folder to display a certain list of items.

Here's something you *can* do, though - search for all of the Control Panel
files - they all have .CPL endings - and make shortcuts to every one of
them. Put these shortcuts in a new folder, and add *that* folder to the
toolbar.

In fact, if you make a separate toolbar of the folder and add it to an edge
that already has a toolbar, then shove the other toolbar to its maximum size
so that only the "Control Panel" label and the >> chevrons appear (this is
much easier to do than to say - sorry if it's obscure!!). You'll end up with
a single-click cascading menu listing each of your individual Control Panel
items.

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