Scanners And Cameras bthprops.cpl Does Not Work

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Guest

All,

I created shortcuts for all the Control Panel items that will work in the
Windows XP Start menu -> Programs -> Whatever Folders as well as the
Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar but was unable to create a shortcut that
functions for the Scanners and Cameras .cpl, a.k.a.
%windir%\system32\bthprops.cpl

I can create the shortcut by doing the following:

1. Open a CMD.EXE windows.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:

REG ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
/F

3. If the icon doesn't appear in a few seconds, left click a blank area of
your desktop and press F5.

However, this not only makes the icon permanent on the desktop (unless
removed the from the registry), but it is also the same functionality as
simply right-clicking on the .cpl in the Control Panel and creating the
shortcut on the desktop. The problem with these two methods is that the
properties section of the shortcut is greyed out and cannot be edited.
Unless I can casn do this, the shortcut will not function properly in the
Mircosoft Office XP Shortcut Bar.

I *think* this is a bug in Windows XP. btw I am running XP with SP2, all
patches but without IE7. Perhaps there is a way around this?

Thanks,

Nospam
 
G

Guest

Ayush,

This changed in XP SP2. sticpl.cpl no longer exists in XP SP2.

Nospam

Ayush said:
bthprops is for Bluetooth Control Panel. Scanners and Cameras's shortcut
should be "control sticpl.cpl"

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All,

I created shortcuts for all the Control Panel items that will work in
the Windows XP Start menu -> Programs -> Whatever Folders as well as
the Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar but was unable to create a
shortcut that functions for the Scanners and Cameras .cpl, a.k.a.
%windir%\system32\bthprops.cpl

I can create the shortcut by doing the following:

1. Open a CMD.EXE windows.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:

REG ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
/F

3. If the icon doesn't appear in a few seconds, left click a blank
area of your desktop and press F5.

However, this not only makes the icon permanent on the desktop (unless
removed the from the registry), but it is also the same functionality
as simply right-clicking on the .cpl in the Control Panel and
creating the shortcut on the desktop. The problem with these two
methods is that the properties section of the shortcut is greyed out
and cannot be edited. Unless I can casn do this, the shortcut will
not function properly in the Mircosoft Office XP Shortcut Bar.

I *think* this is a bug in Windows XP. btw I am running XP with SP2,
all patches but without IE7. Perhaps there is a way around this?

Thanks,

Nospam
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A

Ayush

I am using XP SP2. I never used XP Home or "XP Pro with Sp1 or without SP"

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Ayush,

This changed in XP SP2. sticpl.cpl no longer exists in XP SP2.

Nospam

Ayush said:
bthprops is for Bluetooth Control Panel. Scanners and Cameras's
shortcut should be "control sticpl.cpl"

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

Replied to [Nospam]'s message :
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All,

I created shortcuts for all the Control Panel items that will work
in the Windows XP Start menu -> Programs -> Whatever Folders as
well as the Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar but was unable to
create a shortcut that functions for the Scanners and Cameras .cpl,
a.k.a. %windir%\system32\bthprops.cpl

I can create the shortcut by doing the following:

1. Open a CMD.EXE windows.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:

REG ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
/F

3. If the icon doesn't appear in a few seconds, left click a blank
area of your desktop and press F5.

However, this not only makes the icon permanent on the desktop
(unless removed the from the registry), but it is also the same
functionality as simply right-clicking on the .cpl in the Control
Panel and creating the shortcut on the desktop. The problem with
these two methods is that the properties section of the shortcut is
greyed out and cannot be edited. Unless I can casn do this, the
shortcut will not function properly in the Mircosoft Office XP
Shortcut Bar. I *think* this is a bug in Windows XP. btw I am running XP
with
SP2, all patches but without IE7. Perhaps there is a way around
this? Thanks,

Nospam
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A

Ayush

That is what i was saying. Use "control sticpl.cpl".



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I was able to fix the problem by creating a shortcut to:

%windir%\system32\control.exe sticpl.cpl

Then use the icon from:

%SystemRoot%\system32\wiashext.dll

Nospam

Ayush said:
I am using XP SP2. I never used XP Home or "XP Pro with Sp1 or
without SP" --
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

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Ayush,

This changed in XP SP2. sticpl.cpl no longer exists in XP SP2.

Nospam

"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
bthprops is for Bluetooth Control Panel. Scanners and Cameras's
shortcut should be "control sticpl.cpl"

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

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All,

I created shortcuts for all the Control Panel items that will work
in the Windows XP Start menu -> Programs -> Whatever Folders as
well as the Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar but was unable to
create a shortcut that functions for the Scanners and Cameras
.cpl, a.k.a. %windir%\system32\bthprops.cpl

I can create the shortcut by doing the following:

1. Open a CMD.EXE windows.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:

REG ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
/F

3. If the icon doesn't appear in a few seconds, left click a blank
area of your desktop and press F5.

However, this not only makes the icon permanent on the desktop
(unless removed the from the registry), but it is also the same
functionality as simply right-clicking on the .cpl in the Control
Panel and creating the shortcut on the desktop. The problem with
these two methods is that the properties section of the shortcut
is greyed out and cannot be edited. Unless I can casn do this, the
shortcut will not function properly in the Mircosoft Office XP
Shortcut Bar. I *think* this is a bug in Windows XP. btw I am
running XP with
SP2, all patches but without IE7. Perhaps there is a way around
this? Thanks,

Nospam
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G

Guest

I was able to fix the problem by creating a shortcut to:

%windir%\system32\control.exe sticpl.cpl

Then use the icon from:

%SystemRoot%\system32\wiashext.dll

Nospam

Ayush said:
I am using XP SP2. I never used XP Home or "XP Pro with Sp1 or without SP"

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

Replied to [Nospam]'s message :
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Ayush,

This changed in XP SP2. sticpl.cpl no longer exists in XP SP2.

Nospam

Ayush said:
bthprops is for Bluetooth Control Panel. Scanners and Cameras's
shortcut should be "control sticpl.cpl"

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

Replied to [Nospam]'s message :
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All,

I created shortcuts for all the Control Panel items that will work
in the Windows XP Start menu -> Programs -> Whatever Folders as
well as the Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar but was unable to
create a shortcut that functions for the Scanners and Cameras .cpl,
a.k.a. %windir%\system32\bthprops.cpl

I can create the shortcut by doing the following:

1. Open a CMD.EXE windows.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:

REG ADD
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
/F

3. If the icon doesn't appear in a few seconds, left click a blank
area of your desktop and press F5.

However, this not only makes the icon permanent on the desktop
(unless removed the from the registry), but it is also the same
functionality as simply right-clicking on the .cpl in the Control
Panel and creating the shortcut on the desktop. The problem with
these two methods is that the properties section of the shortcut is
greyed out and cannot be edited. Unless I can casn do this, the
shortcut will not function properly in the Mircosoft Office XP
Shortcut Bar. I *think* this is a bug in Windows XP. btw I am running
XP with
SP2, all patches but without IE7. Perhaps there is a way around
this? Thanks,

Nospam
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