In addition to what Carey posted...
Description of Control Panel Files in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313808
Description of Control Panel (.cpl) Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149648
How to Open Control Panel Folders from the Command Prompt
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;180025
How to run Control Panel tools by typing a command
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;192806
You do not need to open a command prompt, just the Run box.
Open Control Panel...
Start | Run | control | Click OK
Open Folder Options...
Start | Run | control folders | Click OK
Some will open without using control (quicker to type).
i.e. Start | Run | sysdm.cpl | Click OK
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Here are a few...
control admintools Administrative Tools
Control color Display Properties @Screen Saver tab
control date/time Date and Time Properties
control desktop Display Properties
control folders Folder Options
control fonts Fonts Folder
control international Regional and Language Options
control keyboard Keyboard Control Panel
control main.cpl @X Mouse Control Panel
control main.cpl @1 Keyboard Control Panel
control mouse Mouse Control Panel
Control netconnections Network Connections
control printers Printers Folder
control schedtasks Add Scheduled Task
control Sysdm.cpl System Properties
@General tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,1 System Properties
@computer Name tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,2 System Properties
@Hardware tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,3 System Properties @Advanced tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,4 System Properties @System Restore tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,5 System Properties @Automatic Updates tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,6 System Properties @Remote tab
control userpasswords User Accounts (Home version)
control userpasswords2 User Accounts (Pro version)
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Printers & Faxes for some reason doesn't have a *.cpl file.
Neither do Administrative Tools, Fonts, Scanners and Cameras, Scheduled
Tasks or Taskbar and Start Menu.
They are Namespace objects. Whatever that is. Has something to do with
being a shell folder with its own GUID.
This pasted in Start | Run
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
opens Printers and Faxes
Start | Run | fonts | Click OK will open the Fonts folder.
This pasted in Start | Run
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152}
opens the Fonts folder
This pasted in Start | Run
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
will open Scheduled Tasks
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*.cpl files are Control Panel extensions, they show up in the Control Panel.
You may not have all of these and you may have some not listed here. This
is a list from my machine.
To open any *.cpl file, type the name in the Run box.
I.e. Start | Run | Type: desk.cpl | Click OK
Control Panel cpl's:
access.cpl = Accessibility Options
appwiz.cpl = Add or Remove Programs
desk.cpl = Desktop Control Panel = Display Properties
hdwwiz.cpl = Add Hardware Control Panel Applet
inetcpl.cpl = Internet Control Panel = Internet Properties
intl.cpl = Regional and Language Options
irprops.cpl = Wireless Link Control Panel Applet
joy.cpl = Game Controllers
jpicpl32.cpl = JavaPlugin
main.cpl = Mouse Properties
mmsys.cpl = Sounds and Audio Device Properties
ncpa.cpl = Network Connections Control-Panel Stub
nusrmgr.cpl = Windows User Manager = Users Accounts
nvtuicpl.cpl = NVIDIA nView Control Panel, Version 52.16
nwc.cpl = Client Service for NetWare Applet
odbccp32.cpl = Microsoft Data Access - ODBC Control Panel
plotman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plotter Manager
powercfg.cpl = Power Management Configuration Control Panel Applet or Power
Options Properties
SanCpl.cpl = SiSoftware Sandra™ English Control Panel Extension (Win32
x86)(NT)(ANSI)
sapi.cpl = SAPI 5 = Speech Properties
styleman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plot Style Manager
sysdm.cpl = System Properties
telephon.cpl = Telephony Control Panel
timedate.cpl = Time Date Properties
wuaucpl.cpl = Automatic Updates Control Panel (Added by SP2??)
Wscui.cpl = SP2 Security Center (SP2)
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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