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Access all aspects of your control panel from VB

by Sparq (34 Submissions)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Advanced
Date Added: Wed 3^rd February 2021
Rating: (7 Votes)

Access all different aspects of your control panel (Add/Remove Programs, Mouse Control, etc..).

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  Control Panel           module:  CONTROL.EXE           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL   result:  displays all the Control Panel icons in an Explorer view

     Accessibility Properties           module:  ACCESS.CPL           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,5   result:  displays the Accessibility General properties           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,1   result:  displays the Accessibility Keyboard properties           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,2   result:  displays the Accessibility Sound properties           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,3   result:  displays the Accessibility Display properties           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,4   result:  displays the Accessibility Mouse properties

     Add New Hardware Wizard           module:  SYSDM.CPL           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl @1   result:  runs the Add New Hardware wizard

     Add New Printer Wizard           module:  SHELL32.DLL           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL AddPrinter   result:  runs the Add New Printer wizard           comments:  Windows NT, it is possible to bring up a predefined Windows Dialog box for
            connecting to a network printer - the ConnectToPrinterDlg API. However, this dialog is not accessible by Visual Basic programs
            running under Windows 95. Therefore, you must use a Command line equivalent statement to invoke the "Add Printer
            Wizard" under Windows 95 as detailed above. (KB article Q154007)

     Add/Remove Programs Property Page           module:  APPWIZ.CPL           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1   result:  displays the Install/Uninstall tab selected           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,2   result:  displays the Windows Setup tab selected           command:  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,3   result:  displays the Startup Disk tab selected                Briefcase           module:  SYNCUI.DLL           command:  rundll32.exe syncui.dll,Briefcase_Create   result:  Creates a new Briefcase on the desktop                Copy Disk Dialog           module:  DISKCOPY.DLL           command:  rundll32.exe diskcopy.dll,DiskCopyRunDll   result:  displays the Copy Disk dialog for removable media                Create New Shortcut           module:  APPWIZ.CPL           command:  rundll32.exe apwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1   result:  Displays the Create New Shortcut dialog. Completing the filename in the dialog creates a
            shortcut at the location specified by %1

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