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‎Sep 24, 2008
12:53 PM
How to add shortcut in VISTA control panel
I have an executable which is an exe file. During installation, I would like to had a shortcut into the control panel of Vista.
How to do it? I have looked on the web and there is seriously no information on this topic.
So How to had a shortcut in the control panel on VISTA for a exe file. And by the way we cannot use a .cpl file like on XP.
thanks
How to do it? I have looked on the web and there is seriously no information on this topic.
So How to had a shortcut in the control panel on VISTA for a exe file. And by the way we cannot use a .cpl file like on XP.
thanks
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‎Sep 24, 2008
01:02 PM
Check out this article:
Control Panel Applet Framework
Control Panel Applet Framework
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‎Sep 24, 2008
01:04 PM
Sorry, missed your last sentence. However, I think the only way to do this is with a CPL file.
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‎Sep 25, 2008
03:47 AM
why don't you add a shortcut item for the file from shortcuts view(Installation Designer->System Configuration->Shortcuts)? Is there any difference for Vista?
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‎Sep 25, 2008
08:17 AM
I don't think the Control Panel has an actual folder on the drive. Instead it compiles a list of applets from the CPL files in the SYSTEM folder.
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‎Nov 12, 2008
03:17 PM
I finally found it.
On vista you can add an executable by registering it in the registry.
Refer to the following link for more details.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144195(VS.85).aspx
On vista you can add an executable by registering it in the registry.
Refer to the following link for more details.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144195(VS.85).aspx