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How do i launch a control panel applet

Question: How do I launch a control panel applet? Answer: You can launch a control panel applet by calling WinExec to execute control.exe, passing the name of the control panel applet as a command line parameter. Applets files (.cpl) can be found in the Windows system directory. Note: Some of the applet files will not be found in the Windows system directory. Those applets can be executed simply by name. Example: procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); begin WinExec('C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE TIMEDATE.CPL', sw_ShowNormal); WinExec('C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE MOUSE', sw_ShowNormal); WinExec('C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE PRINTERS', sw_ShowNormal); end;