How to open the control panel using RUN

[sudarkrao]

Hi,

How to open th control panel using RUN function ?

We can open notepad by using this function

I am not able to open the control panel using this

and I want to add or remove any program available in the list automatically

please share some script to do the same

Thanks in advance

Rama

[smashly]

For Control Panel I use in XP:

Run("control.exe")oÝ÷ ØZ+×Z^Þ>º ­©¬"ëuÏjëh×6Run("control.exe appwiz.cpl")

[sudarkrao]

For Control Panel I use in XP:

Run("control.exe")oÝ÷ ØZ+×Z^Þ>º ­©¬"ëuÏjëh×6Run("control.exe appwiz.cpl")

Hi,

Great!

Please share some code to add or delete a program

Howto find out a program in the list of installed programs and thereby i have to click on remove button

Thanks

Rama

[sudarkrao]

For Control Panel I use in XP:

Run("control.exe")oÝ÷ ØZ+×Z^Þ>º ­©¬"ëuÏjëh×6Run("control.exe appwiz.cpl")

Hi,

Great!

Please share some code to add or delete a program

Howto find out a program in the list of installed programs and thereby i have to click on remove button

Thanks

Rama

[theAutoitSpammer]

Hi

once you open control panel...how do you open "display" for instance

or any other function in the control panel...is there a list of commands (cpl)?

like the one for "add/del programs" ShellExecute("control.exe", "appwiz.cpl") ???

thanks in advance

Al

[ksmith247]

I found this on the interweb some years ago. Haven't thought about it until today.

Control Panel Applets

access.cpl - Accessibility Applet

appwiz.cpl - Add/Remove Programs Applet

console.cpl - Console Applet

timedate.cpl - Date and Time Applet

desk.cpl - Display Applet

fax.cpl - Fax Applet

hdwwiz.cpl - Hardware Wizard Applet

irprops.cpl - Infrared Port Applet

intl.cpl - International and Regional Applet

inetcpl.cpl - Internet Settings Applet

joy.cpl - Joystick Applet

liccpa.cpl - Licensing Applet

main.cpl - Mouse and Keyboard Applet

mlcfg32.cpl - Mail Applet

mmsys.cpl - Sound and Multimedia Applet

modem.cpl - Modem and Phone Applet

ncpa.cpl - Network and connectivity Applet

netcpl.cpl - Network and Dial-up Connectivity Applet

nwc.cpl - Netware Client Applet

odbccp32.cpl - ODBC Applet

devapps.cpl - PC Card Applet

ports.cpl - Ports Applet

powercfg.cpl - Power Management Applet

sticpl.cpl - Scanner and Camera Applet

srvmgr.cpl - Server Manager Applet

sapi.cpl - Speech Properties Applet

sysdm.cpl - System Applet

telephon.cpl - Telephony Applet

tweakui.cpl - TweakUI Applet

nusrmgr.cpl - User Manager Applet

wspcpl32.cpl - WSP Client Applet

quicktime.cpl - QuickTime Applet

S32LUCP1.cpl - Norton Live Update Applet

cpqmgmt.cpl - Compaq Insight Agents Applet

[theAutoitSpammer]

ksmith

thanks a lot..very useful info

Al

[ChromeFan]

you don't need to open control panel for uninstalling/Removing a Program, just uninstall it using the direct uninstall command. if you are trying to uninstall a windows installer program then try the following commands for it.

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

</package | /i> <Product.msi>

Installs or configures a product

/a <Product.msi>

Administrative install - Installs a product on the network

/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]

Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user

</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>

Uninstalls the product

Display Options

/quiet

Quiet mode, no user interaction

/passive

Unattended mode - progress bar only

/q[n|b|r|f]

Sets user interface level

n - No UI

b - Basic UI

r - Reduced UI

f - Full UI (default)

/help

Help information

Restart Options

/norestart

Do not restart after the installation is complete

/promptrestart

Prompts the user for restart if necessary

/forcerestart

Always restart the computer after installation

Logging Options

/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>

i - Status messages

w - Nonfatal warnings

e - All error messages

a - Start up of actions

r - Action-specific records

u - User requests

c - Initial UI parameters

m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information

o - Out-of-disk-space messages

p - Terminal properties

v - Verbose output

x - Extra debugging information

+ - Append to existing log file

! - Flush each line to the log

* - Log all information, except for v and x options

/log <LogFile>

Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>

Update Options

/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]

Applies update(s)

/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>

Remove update(s) for a product

Repair Options

/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>

Repairs a product

p - only if file is missing

o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)

e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed

d - if file is missing or a different version is installed

c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value

a - forces all files to be reinstalled

u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)

m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)

s - all existing shortcuts (default)

v - runs from source and recaches local package

Setting Public Properties

[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the

command line syntax.

[sudarkrao]

I found this on the interweb some years ago. Haven't thought about it until today.

Control Panel Applets

access.cpl - Accessibility Applet

appwiz.cpl - Add/Remove Programs Applet

console.cpl - Console Applet

timedate.cpl - Date and Time Applet

desk.cpl - Display Applet

fax.cpl - Fax Applet

hdwwiz.cpl - Hardware Wizard Applet

irprops.cpl - Infrared Port Applet

intl.cpl - International and Regional Applet

inetcpl.cpl - Internet Settings Applet

joy.cpl - Joystick Applet

liccpa.cpl - Licensing Applet

main.cpl - Mouse and Keyboard Applet

mlcfg32.cpl - Mail Applet

mmsys.cpl - Sound and Multimedia Applet

modem.cpl - Modem and Phone Applet

ncpa.cpl - Network and connectivity Applet

netcpl.cpl - Network and Dial-up Connectivity Applet

nwc.cpl - Netware Client Applet

odbccp32.cpl - ODBC Applet

devapps.cpl - PC Card Applet

ports.cpl - Ports Applet

powercfg.cpl - Power Management Applet

sticpl.cpl - Scanner and Camera Applet

srvmgr.cpl - Server Manager Applet

sapi.cpl - Speech Properties Applet

sysdm.cpl - System Applet

telephon.cpl - Telephony Applet

tweakui.cpl - TweakUI Applet

nusrmgr.cpl - User Manager Applet

wspcpl32.cpl - WSP Client Applet

quicktime.cpl - QuickTime Applet

S32LUCP1.cpl - Norton Live Update Applet

cpqmgmt.cpl - Compaq Insight Agents Applet

Hi,

Thanks for such useful information

Actually i am trying to remove some programs that are listed in the add/remove programs list

Currently i am not able to get the number of programs available in the list and not able to search for a particular program

Can you please help me on this ?

I am using $iIndex=_GUICtrlListBox_FindInText($hListBox, "BaseTEST") to search for BaseTEST application in the lsit and thereby i want to click on that to remove

Thanks ,

Rama

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Have you read ChromeFan's post above? Unless you are just looking for a challenge there is generally no reason to build a GUI to uninstall an application. Look in the registry HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and find the app you want to remove. There should be a value named UninstallString. If the original install was an MSI it gets real simple. Run the value data from UninstallString from a command line. Be sure to change 'msiexec /i' to 'msiexec /x' though.

Edit: Clarification

Edited September 12, 2008 by ksmith247