Hi Hamid,
First let me just say "don't mention it", it's always my pleasure mucking in
the Windows filesystem.
Secondly, as regards other Windows 7 applets, I am not fully competent on
that OS as I just use it in office and not at home where I could take my
time studying it. Still I trust that perhaps this coming hot August, I will
switch to this OS full-time. So the control panel applets I am going to list
below reflect my Windows XP machine on a Fujitsu Lifebook notebook which I
move around with.
So any entries marked with a star (*) is machine specific: do not run it on
your machine. Windows will complain that it can't find the resource you are
referring to. However, for any person who might have a machine similar to
mine, they won't have any problem: but they are few entries of that nature.
Most of the applets I list below are common on Windows
XP, and I trust that when I start using Win7, I would update this list to
reflect this.
Still, I know that someone out there might do this and help others who are
already running Windows 7: if they are there, please help.
Some important notes to make regarding this list: you will see that the
names of the applets end in CPL file extension. If you see a file like this,
it means it is a control panel applet.
Also, to reiterate: any name of the applet followed by an asterisk (*) is
not meant to be run on systems that aren't Lifebook notebooks. They are
included here to help anyone who might also be using a Lifebook notebook.
Please note that this list is not complete: it only reflects some applets
out of a million you might have on your system: still these are the common
applets found on NT-based machines. You can get or lose applets by either
the addition of a program on your system or its removal; you may also lose
control applets from your Control Panel not because the program was removed:
this could be the result of system changes you make in some interface (for
example, the Registry editor, the Group Editor Policy or the TweakUI for
Windows XP). The reasons are endless: you can speculate some yourself.
The notation I use is the filename = the name of the applet.
So without much ado, here we go:
access.cpl = Accessibility Options
appwiz.cpl = Add or Remove Programs
Desk.cpl = Display Properties
Firewall.cpl = Windows Firewall
hdwwiz.cpl = Add Hardware
igfxcpl.cpl = Intel Graphics for Mobile*
inetcpl.cpl = Internet Properties
intl.cpl = Regional and Language settings
irprops.cpl = Wileless Link
joy.cpl = Game controllers
Main.cpl = Mouse Options
mmsys.cpl = Sounds and Audio Devices
ncpa.cpl = Network Connections
netsetup.cpl = Network Setup Wizard
nusrmgr.cpl = User Accounts
odbccp32.cpl = ODBC User Administrator
powercfg.cpl = Power Options
QuickTouch.cpl = Lifebook Application QuickTouch Panel*
STAC97.cpl = SigmaTel Audio Device*
sysdm.cpl = System Properties
telephon.cpl = Phone and Modem
timedate.cpl = Date and Time Properties
wscui.cpl = Windows Security Center
wuaucpl.cpl = Automatic Updates
Hope this helps,
Ishe
We all have the right to be wrong in our opinions but not in our facts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamid AITOUZNAG" <hamid.ma...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] can't find the add or remove in thecontrol
panel
Thanks a lot Ishe for your step by step guide to creating a desktop
shortCut. In windows seven, that will save a lot of pain. Windows seven's
control pannel is crowded with too many links, i hardly find what I want
there! Even with godMode folder which have been nicely suggested by some
folks here or maybe in another list, i still could not be as quick as i
used to be in windows XP. The godMode folder's structure is a bit
complicated as well.
Well Ishe, is there a way to know all the applications' names there? If
so, please save me a lot of trouble by explaining it.
All the best!
Hamid AITOUZNAG
"We never value what we have until we lose it!".
Skype: hamidgeni
MSN: hamid.ma...@hotmail.com
On 28/07/2010 01:19, Ishe Chinyoka wrote:
Thanks Hamid for having tested this on Win7 and you're welcome.
Actually, this works on all NT-based systems as it directly links to a
built-in applet.
In fact, the easiest way would be to create a shortcut to Add or Remove
Applet on your start menu or your desktop so that you don't have to go to
the Control Panel to hunt it out. Just go to your desktop, press
CTRL+Spacebar to remove a default highlight on any icon there. After
this, press your Applications key, arrow to New submenu: right arrow to
open the submenu. Here find "Shortcut" and activate it by pressing Enter.
A dialog box will appear asking you for the location of the shortcut:
type in "appwiz.cpl" without any quotes.
Click Next: you will be asked for the name of the shortcut. Type "Add or
Remove Programs" or any name which you can memorise. Then click Finish.
From now on, you will have Add or Remove shortcut on your desktop.
You can copy this shortcut to your Start menu folder so that you will see
this on your Start Menu as well. This also can be accomplished by simply
highlighting the newly-created shortcut on the desktop and go to "Pin to
Start menu" and you're done.
This also means you can choose to create a custom hotkey to quickly open
Add or Remove Programs: the choices are endless once you have the
shortcut.
Let me also state that this can be done to link to any applet in the
control panel and not just the Add or Remove applet: you simply must know
the name of the applet to do this trick.
Cheers,
Ishe
We all have the right to be wrong in our opinions but not in our facts.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamid AITOUZNAG"
<hamid.ma...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] can't find the add or remove in thecontrol
panel
Definitely it works on windows seven as well! I've just tried it after
Ishe sent the information and it worked! Thanks Ishe a lot.
Hamid AITOUZNAG
"We never value what we have until we lose it!".
Skype: hamidgeni
MSN: hamid.ma...@hotmail.com
On 28/07/2010 00:00, John Justice wrote:
Ish, that's pretty neat, Man. Will it work with Windows 7?
I doubt it. But it's so easy just to type uninstall a program in the
Search
field.
Nice little trick.
John Justice
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Ishe
Chinyoka
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 11:40 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] can't find the add or remove in
thecontrol
panel
Hi Rosemarie
Perhaps by the time you will get this message someone else will have
helped
you out: but if not, here we go:
1. Click Start.
2. Then go to Run...
3. In the edit field, type this string
appwiz.cpl
and press the enter key.
The Add or Remove dialog will appear. You can then do the remove
operation
or any other maintenance job related to this applet.
However, if you are worried about this applet not appearing in the
control
panel list, this could probably due to some other settings you
inadvertently
made, but in the meantime let's proceed this way and see the result.
Hope this helps.
Ishe
We all have the right to be wrong in our opinions but not in our facts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA"<knitqueen2...@verizon.net>
To:<blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] can't find the add or remove in
thecontrol
panel
Hi, John,
I'm using windows XP home eddition.
Thanks.
Rosemarie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Justice"<john_just...@verizon.net>
To:<blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] can't find the add or remove in the
control panel
Rose Marie, are you using Windows 7?
If not, please advise. We'll have to know which operating system you
are working with in order to help you.
John Justice
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of
ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:48 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: [Blind-Computing] can't find the add or remove in the
control panel
Hi, everyone,
I wanted to remove something from my computer but now I can't. When I
go into settings and then control pannel, it only shows me four
listings. I just see accessibility options, wireless network, games
and regional language or something like that. How do I correct this
problem?
Any help will be very much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
Rosemarie
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