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Creating shortcuts to specific tabs of Control Panel applets
To create a shortcut to a specific tab, you can add the number of the tab to the command, in this format:
C:\Winnt\Control.exe ???.cpl,x
Where ??? stands for the name of a particular .cpl file, and x stands for the number of a tab. The tabs are numbered from left to right starting with 0.
For example: To create a shortcut to the System applet, opening with the Hardware tab, the shortcut would be C:\Winnt\System32\Control.exe Sysdm.cpl,2
For the Audio tab of the Sounds and Multimedia Properties applet, the shortcut would be: C:\Winnt\System32\control.exe mmsys.cpl,,1
For the Input locales tab of the Keyboard control panel, the shortcut would be: C:\Winnt\System32\control.exe main.cpl,keyboard,1.