Control Panel .cpl file for Printers & Faxes?

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PaulFXH

Hi
I have 39 applets in my Control Panel but can only find 34 .cpl files
on my computer.
I particularly would like to know how to address Printers & Faxes from
a vbs shortcut for which I need the appropriate .cpl file.

Or is there some other file extension used for additional CP applets?

TIA
Paul

Dell 4550 Desktop
WinXP Home SP2
CPU P4, 2.53 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
Int HD 80 GB ntfs, non-partitioned
Ext HD 160 GB ntfs, non-partitioned
Ext HD 250 GB ntfs, 4 partitions
 
From what I just read there is no .CPL for Printers & Faxes. It is really a
folder and is invoked using "Control.exe Printers"
 
PaulFXH said:
I particularly would like to know how to address Printers & Faxes from
a vbs shortcut for which I need the appropriate .cpl file.
Click to expand...

Different from previous Windows versions, "Printers & Faxes" is a name
space rather than a control panel applet. Therefore, you can call it via
%windir%\Explorer.exe ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
 
Jerry said:
From what I just read there is no .CPL for Printers & Faxes. It is really a
folder and is invoked using "Control.exe Printers"
Click to expand...

Hi Jerry
Thanks for your reply.
"Control.exe Printers" worked perfectly in my vbs shortcut although,
perhaps not surprisingly, this term was not recognized as a Control
Panel item.
Therefore I had to use:
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.shell")
objShell.Run "control.exe printers"

rather than:
set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShell.ControlPanelItem("****.cpl")

Actually, I would be interested to see where you had "just read there
is no .CPL for Printers & Faxes" as I had done quite some searching
before posting here.

Thanks
Paul
 
Detlev said:
Different from previous Windows versions, "Printers & Faxes" is a name
space rather than a control panel applet. Therefore, you can call it via
%windir%\Explorer.exe ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Click to expand...

Thanks Detlev
Yeah, this works too in my vbs.
Paul
 
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