shortcut to control panel page

Here's another way to create shortcuts for all of the tabs in Sounds.

Sound Shortcuts - Create

OK, here you go. The command still works, but it should read control.exe mmsys.cpl ,X where X is 0 - 3 as follows (note the spaces in the syntax):

0 Playback, 1 Recording 2 Sounds 3 Communications

To create a shortcut on the desktop, follow the simple guide below.

Right-click on the desktop and select New > Shortcut. Click on Browse... and select the target of the shortcut (this is where the shortcut is to be placed, not the target of it when it is clicked on). In my case, I have selected Desktop. Click on OK and then Next.

Give the shortcut an appropriate name (e.g. Recording) and click Finish.

The shortcut after initial creation.

Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties. In the Target: box, type the appropriate target for the shortcut (the command that is executed when you click on the completed shortcut) and then click OK. In this case, it is control.exe mmsys.cpl ,1

The completed shortcut.

mickey megabyte said:

Dwarf, i think it's odd that you can't stick the ,2 in the shortcut straight away - that was my inital question all those posts ago...instead, i now use ,,recording.

You have to carry out the shortcut creation in the order specified. Note the number required is 1 and not 2.

Dwarf said:

OK, here you go. The command still works, but it should read control.exe mmsys.cpl ,X where X is 0 - 3 as follows (note the spaces in the syntax):

0 Playback, 1 Recording 2 Sounds 3 Communications

Thanks for the Tutorial link, Shawn.

De nada. I guess I should add a separate listing for each tab in the index for it.

Very interesting. I've always just used procmon filtering on processes to see what Windows runs to get the shortcut commands. Hasn't failed me yet .

cluberti said:

I'll put up a full version on my website later today and link it or something . Thanks for the rep too.

As promised:
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