what executable changes screen/graphics details etc

[cristi]

Hi,
I was wondering what executable gets called when you right click on the
desktop and select properties. I looked at task manager and all that it
shows me when the Display Properties dialog is open, is "Rundll32.exe".
Also what executable gets called when I click on .msstyles
Thanks

[Ramesh [MVP]]

"rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl"
which is nothing but "Control desk.cpl"

For the mssstyle, it's:
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe =
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL =
%SystemRoot%\system32\desk.cpl desk,@Appearance /Action:OpenMSTheme =
/file:"%1"

(From the registry, HKCR\msstylesfile\shell\open\command)

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"cristi" > wrote in message =
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Hi,
I was wondering what executable gets called when you right click on the
desktop and select properties. I looked at task manager and all that it
shows me when the Display Properties dialog is open, is "Rundll32.exe".
Also what executable gets called when I click on .msstyles
Thanks