Launching the "Control Panel" or its necessary elements from the command line in the Microsoft Windows operating system belongs to the category of operations for developers and is intended for "internal consumption". However, this procedure can also be performed by a regular user.
Instructions
Step 1
Call the main menu of Microsoft Windows by clicking the "Start" button to perform the operation of launching "Control Panel" from the command line. Enter the value cmd in the search box text box.
Step 2
Confirm the execution of the command by clicking the "Find" button. Call the context menu of the found command interpreter application by right-clicking.
Step 3
Specify the command "Run as administrator" and click the "Continue" button to confirm your choice in the system request window that opens (if necessary).
Step 4
Enter the value control.exe in the command interpreter text box to launch the panel, or select the required components and start them using the special syntax: control.exe / name applet_name.
Step 5
Please note that in versions prior to Vista, *.cpl extensions were used to launch selected items in the Control Panel, which were associated in later versions of Windows with the so-called. The "canonical names" of applets. In addition, certain panel components consist of multiple tabs, which implies the use of a special tab index number in the command syntax: control applet_name,, tab_pointer.
Step 6
Use special correlation tables for cpl-files with "canonical names", freely distributed by Microsoft on the Internet, or enter the following values in the command line text field: - control.exe sysdm.cpl (for Windows XP and earlier) or - control sysdm. cpl,, 1 (for Windows Vista and later) - to launch the System Properties applet; - control.exe userpasswords.cpl (for Windows XP and earlier) or - control sysdm.cpl,, 3 (for Windows Vista and later) to launch the User Accounts applet.
Step 7
Confirm the execution of the selected command by pressing the softkey labeled Enter.
