Can I Program a Keyboard Button to Launch Control Panel?

Posted: 03-08-2005, 04:11 PM
Hi everyone.

I'm using Windows XP Pro, SP-2.

I have a programmable keyboard, with buttons I can configure to launch
applications.

I'd like to know if I can program one of these buttons to launch the
Control Panel.

If it's possible, what file do I use with the button? Thank you.

J. Danniel
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Re: Can I Program a Keyboard Button to Launch Control Panel?
Posted: 03-08-2005, 04:55 PM
The application that launches Control Panel is called ironically
enough, control.exe. It's located in the C:\Windows\System32
folder. Point your keyboard configuration program to that
location and see what happens.

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"J. Danniel" <jd4jd@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone.
>
> I'm using Windows XP Pro, SP-2.
>
> I have a programmable keyboard, with buttons I can configure to
> launch
> applications.
>
> I'd like to know if I can program one of these buttons to
> launch the
> Control Panel.
>
> If it's possible, what file do I use with the button? Thank
> you.
>
> J. Danniel

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Re: Can I Program a Keyboard Button to Launch Control Panel?
Posted: 03-08-2005, 07:55 PM
In news:7kjr215c5gd51rmv9f9i47j5722f2pg8me@4ax.com,
J. Danniel <jd4jd@prodigy.net> typed:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I'm using Windows XP Pro, SP-2.
>
> I have a programmable keyboard, with buttons I can configure to
> launch
> applications.
>
> I'd like to know if I can program one of these buttons to
> launch the
> Control Panel.

If you program it to launch anything else, you can program it to
launch the Control Panel

Just have it run "control" (no quotes).

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Re: Can I Program a Keyboard Button to Launch Control Panel?
Posted: 03-08-2005, 09:01 PM
In news:uQ%23GDjBJFHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed:
> In news:7kjr215c5gd51rmv9f9i47j5722f2pg8me@4ax.com,
> J. Danniel <jd4jd@prodigy.net> typed:
>
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> I'm using Windows XP Pro, SP-2.
>>
>> I have a programmable keyboard, with buttons I can configure
>> to
>> launch
>> applications.
>>
>> I'd like to know if I can program one of these buttons to
>> launch the
>> Control Panel.
>
>
> If you program it to launch anything else, you can program it
> to
> launch the Control Panel

Sorry, the accidentally omitted word "can," after "If you ..."
may make the above hard to read.

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> Just have it run "control" (no quotes).

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