Denney Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 I need some help adding a program to the contol panel. I've created a Startup Manager program and have added it to the control panel with the following registry entries:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}]@="Startup Manager""InfoTip"="Manages all programs that startup with a computer."[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}\DefaultIcon]@="%programfiles%\\Mantra Software Australia\\StartupManager\\StartupManager.exe,0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}\Shell\Open\command]@="%programfiles%\\Mantra Software Australia\\StartupManager\\StartupManager.exe"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}]@="Startup Manager"It appears, but the problem is when I try and run it from the control panel, I get an "Access is Denied" error.Does anyone have any information on this or any way to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Nevermind. I fixed it.I placed the StartupManager.exe file in the system32 directory and now it works.Obviously the "Program Files" folder doesn't have the required permission to run programs via the control panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 really? thats kinda weird (ive never tried it)what if u are in the admin account? (i dunno if u are) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Yeah. No matter what account you use, you'll get an "Access is denied" error.system32 is the only folder so far that works properly. Ahwell, I don't mind... I only have one exe file so just placing it in the system32 directory doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 what if u add a *.lnk 2 system32 & link it 2 the program? adding your *.lnk file to control panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 Nup... I get a new error now...(null) is not a valid Win32 application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Maybe you can modify this to your purpose.Examples of a similar sort of add to CPL:;Show TweakUI at Control Panel[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}]@="TweakUI XP""InfoTip"="Starts the TweakUI program which, allows you to customize advanced options and Settings in Windows to your liking"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\DefaultIcon]@="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\tweakui.exe,0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\Shell\Open\command]@="tweakui.exe"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\ShellFolder]"Attributes"=dword:00000030[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}]@="Tweak UI;Clipboard (becomes clipbook) Control Panel Icon[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}]@="Clipboard""InfoTip"="Starts the Clipboard"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}\DefaultIcon]@="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\clipbrd.exe,0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}\Shell\Open\command]@="clipbrd.exe"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}\ShellFolder]"Attributes"=dword:00000030[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}]@="Add Clipboard to the Control Panel"Hoping this helps.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 @prathapml: Take note of my second post... I fixed it... Just meant that I needed to have the program in "system32" directory rather than the "Program Files" directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefresh Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 The only way I've found to add programs to the Control Panel is to use CMD or BAT files with "REG ADD" commands in it. It ensures that the correct path to the program is expanded before it is put in the registry. For example, this is how I add the "Volume Control" applet to the Control Panel:echo Adding "Volume Control" application to Control Panel....set CLSID={A27BAB2C-1EF5-4009-B6DA-53F58DEAEAA3}reg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID% /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "Volume Control" /f > nulreg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID% /v InfoTip /t REG_SZ /d "Allows user to adjust the volume of the sound card" /f > nulreg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID%\DefaultIcon /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%systemroot%\system32\sndvol32.exe\"" /f > nulreg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID%\Shell\Open\Command /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%systemroot%\system32\sndvol32.exe\"" /f > nulreg add %NameSpace%\%CLSID% /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "Volume Control" /f > nul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 google for a program called CPL maker it will make cpl extensions for any program. I have a registered version for any that want a cpl made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefresh Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 google for a program called CPL maker it will make cpl extensions for any program. I have a registered version for any that want a cpl made...<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Could you provide a link to the software? I can't find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0pect8 Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 yep, control panel looks in \system32 folder.I copy the DirectX applet (directx.cpl) there\$OEM$\$$\System32\directx.cplfor my unattended CD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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