Windows 7: Path to the Network

In Win 7 one can either place an icon on the desktop to access the Network or click the Start Menu > Network. I've gotten into the habit of accessing frequently used programs by using the desktop context menu. It's just a habit that I'm now on "autopilot" when I want to launch frequently used apps. Here's a snip of my desktop context menu with the yellow highlighted items being the files I access frequently:




My question is this...What is the path to the Network so that I can tweak the registry and have Network available from the context menu? Can it even be launched from the context menu?

Thanks for any help.

The path for Control Panel can found within this resolved tutorial:

Link To Path Within Control Panel

Found a tutorial which allow you to add icons to the context menu if preferred:

Context Menu - Add Shortcuts with Icons

EDIT: Managed to find the file path for the Network connections within Control Panel, if you click Network and Internet it will bring you to the Network part of Control Panel:

File Path: C:\Windows\System32\ncpa.cpl

P.S From some of the forums and tutorials I have found, Network Connections is the closest you can get to the Network section of the Control Panel.

Hope this helps,

Harry

Hello Mark,

In addition, depending on what network you wanted:

Network Folder Shortcut - Create
%windir%\explorer.exe /e,::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}

Network Connections - Create Shortcut
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl

Network (WORKGROUP) Shortcut - Create
%windir%\explorer.exe /e,::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}


Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thank you both for the replies and I apologize for responding so late. It is the Network Folder that I would like to open when I click on Network from the context menu. However, when I add %windir%\explorer.exe /e,::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C} as the ValueI get the followingwhen I click on Network
from the context menu:


If %windir% is a specific path I would have to know that as permissions is no problem.

Thanks so much for your assistance. -Mark

I believe you need to replace the %windir% with the drive whereby your operating system is located; mostly it is the C: drive.

Hope this helps,

Harry

Thanks for the reply, Harry. It had to be more than that as C: is just the drive, not the Directory where Windows is located. But your response turned on the light, age is at work here, and %windir% is almost universally C:\Windows. Brink probably would have stated that in his response only he did not know the drive letter where Windows is located. On my computer %windir% could be G:\Windows. But you're correct....it is C:\.

Thank you Brink for bringing to my attention which Network I was looking for and providing the path. Just a massive brain lapse as to %windir%. So C:\Windows\explorer.exe /e,::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C} was added as the Value and the Network Folder opens perfectly from the desktop context menu.

Thank you very much!!

Mark

That's great news Mark. I'm glad we were able to help.

I'm glad your problem has been solved, and glad we were able to help you (:

I wonder why your %windir% setting points to the root of C:.