I tried to create a shortcut to the Folder Option dialog box in my Windows ME & XP PC and it was very easy! Just right-click it and select Create shortcut. If this doesn’t work on Win95-98, then use the following commands to access Windows hidden dialogs and wizards.
To use any command, type it at the command prompt, in the run dialog box or as the target of a shortcut:
Open the Folder Options dialog box
rundll32.exe SHELL32.DLL,Options_RunDLL
Add 1 to open Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
rundll32.exe SHELL32.DLL,Options_RunDLL 1
Run the Add New Printer wizard
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL AddPrinter
Creates a new Briefcase on the desktop
rundll32.exe syncui.dll,Briefcase_Create
Format a Floppy
Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHFormatDrive
De-Brand Internet Explorer
Rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear
Print a test page
Rundll32.exe msprint2.dll, RunDLL_PrintTestPage
Establish a DUN connection. Requires a connection name and is Win9x specific.
Use Rasdial in NT/2k/XP.
rundll32.exe rnaui.dll,RnaDial strConnectionName
View the Printers folders:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder
View the Fonts folders:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL FontsFolder
Show Windows "System setting have changed, do you want to reboot now?" dialog
RUNDLL32.EXE","SHELL.DLL,RestartDialog
Swap your mouse buttons:
RUNDLL32.EXE","USER.EXE,SwapMouseButton
Display the Copy Disk dialog for removable media
rundll32.exe diskcopy.dll,DiskCopyRunDll
To programmatically run a Control Panel applet from a vbscript file, use the ControlPanelItem object as follows:
Set sa = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
sa.ControlPanelItem("timedate.cpl,@X,Z")
Set sa = Nothing
‘Where X is the page within the applet you want to open and Z is the number of the tab stop you want highlighted. 0 based Numbers.
The use of the ControlPanelItem object is optional. You can run any Control Panel item using the Shell object. In this method, you can also run some dialogs that are not a Control Panel applet file (.cpl) such as the File Run dialog. E.g.:
Set Shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Shell.Item
Set Shell = Nothing
Where Item is one of;
<pre>
.ControlPanelItem(applet) Opens a control panel item, replace applet by the file name (*.cpl).
.Explore(folder) Explores a folder. as in .Explore(c:\test)
.FileRun Displays the Run dialog.
.FindComputer Displays the Find Computer dialog box.
.FindFiles Displays the Find Files dialog box.
.Help Displays Windows Help.
.MinimizeAll Minimizes all of the windows on the desktop.
.UndoMinimizeALL Restores all of the windows.
.CascadeWindows Cascades all of the windows on the desktop.
.TileHorizontally Tiles all of the windows on the desktop horizontally.
.TileVertically Tiles all of the windows on the desktop vertically.
.SetTime Displays the Date/Time Properties dialog box.
.ShutdownWindows Displays the Shut Down Windows dialog box.
.Suspend Suspends the computer.
.TrayProperties Displays the Taskbar Properties dialog box.</pre>
Finally, when you use a command to run a CP applet (.cpl file), you can add @X,Z to the end of the command to jump to a particular page within an applet. For example,
RunDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl
Would open the Date and Time Properties dialog with the Date & Time page selected.
RunDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,@1,1
Would open the same dialog but this time the Time Zone page is selected.
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Note: Those commands are version specific and so not all will run on your PC.
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Jama