Pin settings, not

On 02/18/2018 2:16 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 1:04 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 11:37 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Can't seem to pin settings to taskbar, can pin
it to start OK but nothing happens if I try to pin it to taskbar. Yet
right click gives me the option.
click on settingsmorepin to taskbar.

It works here ...


just checked my Sons nearly identical machine and OS version. Works
fine on his, both methods.
Will check deeper into the naming of these 2 files.

Rene


I ran sfc and dism health restore wit same results, it seems that
windows takes control panel as settings.
Where is the settings file stored?
tried to find with "everything"
Â*but there are soo many I finally gave up.

Thanks Rene


Got it, Fired up "search everything" and deleted all Control panel.exe
files (and there were lots), cold booted and now it works the way it
should. settings to the taskbar OK
Reinstalled Control panel to taskbar and start, Reinstall it to the
X-menu with X-menu editor and now are good to go.
Will now do a Macrium Backup and store it on my external drive.
Thanks all for the help on this.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 1:04 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 11:37 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Can't seem to pin settings to taskbar, can pin
it to start OK but nothing happens if I try to pin it to taskbar. Yet
right click gives me the option.
click on settingsmorepin to taskbar.

It works here ...


just checked my Sons nearly identical machine and OS version. Works
fine on his, both methods.
Will check deeper into the naming of these 2 files.

Rene


I ran sfc and dism health restore wit same results, it seems that
windows takes control panel as settings.
Where is the settings file stored?
tried to find with "everything"
but there are soo many I finally gave up.

Thanks Rene


The "Settings App" is an evil twin thing. It's
effectively from the App Store and has an unintuitive
name. You'll never find "Settings" in some WinSXS folder.

Instead, if you use the appropriate command to dump all
the names of "Apps", you spot it as an unintuitive one
that stands out from the others. Cortana for example, probably
has "cortana" as part of the WinSXS file name, so you know
that one isn't it. Whereas the Settings one is (from memory)
"immersive" something or other.

*******

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

windows.immersivecontrolpanel windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.1.1000_neutral_ neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy

After a romp through Regedit, with more than a few red herrings, I get this ???

C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.ex e

Watching with Process Explorer, that just starts and exits.

The article here says that's not really an EXE and it's a honeypot to
drive users nuts. There's a chain of command to run one of those,
some sort of AppFramework or something.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/176032-...s-after-logon/

*******

They have URI methods here. As if an App is a "protocol" of sorts.

https://www.tenforums.com/software-a...mand-line.html

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ed14675?auth=1

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

From command prompt:

Start ms-settings: === Whatever that's doing, It works!!!

But given that knowledge, how do I make a shortcut ? I think there might
have been a command in one of those articles, to parse a URI with explorer
from the command line or something.

Get-AppxPackage windows.immersivecontrolpanel

Name : windows.immersivecontrolpanel
Publisher : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture : Neutral
ResourceId : neutral
Version : 10.0.1.1000
PackageFullName : windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.1.1000_neutral_ neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation : C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel
IsFramework : False
PackageFamilyName : windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind : System
Status : Ok

explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\put-your-PackageFamilyName-here!put-your-app-ID-here

I got the PackageFamilyName from the above command, but I had to "cheat"
and open "appxmanifest.xml" from the folder where SystemSettings.exe is located.

explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5 n1h2txyewy!microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

It works!!! (from my administrator command prompt, and presumably from a
regular command prompt.

Now, once you get the "explorer.exe" one to work,
try pinning *that* to the Task Bar after it opens.

Paul

On 02/18/2018 4:51 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 1:04 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 11:37 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Can't seem to pin settings to taskbar, can pin
it to start OK but nothing happens if I try to pin it to taskbar. Yet
right click gives me the option.
click on settingsmorepin to taskbar.

It works here ...


just checked my Sons nearly identical machine and OS version. Works
fine on his, both methods.
Will check deeper into the naming of these 2 files.

Rene


I ran sfc and dism health restore wit same results, it seems that
windows takes control panel as settings.
Where is the settings file stored?
tried to find with "everything"
Â*but there are soo many I finally gave up.

Thanks Rene


The "Settings App" is an evil twin thing. It's
effectively from the App Store and has an unintuitive
name. You'll never find "Settings" in some WinSXS folder.

Instead, if you use the appropriate command to dump all
the names of "Apps", you spot it as an unintuitive one
that stands out from the others. Cortana for example, probably
has "cortana" as part of the WinSXS file name, so you know
that one isn't it. Whereas the Settings one is (from memory)
"immersive" something or other.

*******

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

windows.immersivecontrolpanel
windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.1.1000_neutral_ neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy

After a romp through Regedit, with more than a few red herrings, I get
this ???

C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.ex e

Watching with Process Explorer, that just starts and exits.

The article here says that's not really an EXE and it's a honeypot to
drive users nuts. There's a chain of command to run one of those,
some sort of AppFramework or something.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/176032-...s-after-logon/


*******

They have URI methods here. As if an App is a "protocol" of sorts.

https://www.tenforums.com/software-a...mand-line.html


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ed14675?auth=1


https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html


Â*Â* From command prompt:

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Start ms-settings:Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* === Whatever that's doing,
It works!!!

But given that knowledge, how do I make a shortcut ? I think there might
have been a command in one of those articles, to parse a URI with explorer
from the command line or something.

Get-AppxPackageÂ* windows.immersivecontrolpanel

NameÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : windows.immersivecontrolpanel
PublisherÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation,
L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
ArchitectureÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â* : Neutral
ResourceIdÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : neutral
VersionÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : 10.0.1.1000
PackageFullNameÂ*Â* :
windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.1.1000_neutral_ neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocationÂ*Â* : C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel
IsFrameworkÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : False
PackageFamilyName : windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherIdÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundleÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKindÂ*Â*Â*Â* : System
StatusÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* : Ok

explorer.exe
shell:appsFolder\put-your-PackageFamilyName-here!put-your-app-ID-here

I got the PackageFamilyName from the above command, but I had to "cheat"
and open "appxmanifest.xml" from the folder where SystemSettings.exe is
located.

explorer.exe
shell:appsFolder\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5 n1h2txyewy!microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel


It works!!! (from my administrator command prompt, and presumably from a
regular command prompt.

Now, once you get the "explorer.exe" one to work,
try pinning *that* to the Task Bar after it opens.

Â*Â* Paul

Thanks Paul, boy what a convoluted thing this Settings is!
Even this line kinda leads in two directions
C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.ex e. No bloody wonder I
couln't locate it anyway by using a bigger hammer and getting rid of all
it's relatives I got it Tamed again,
Boy Windows 10 is sure entertaining.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 2:16 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 1:04 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 02/18/2018 11:37 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Can't seem to pin settings to taskbar, can pin
it to start OK but nothing happens if I try to pin it to taskbar. Yet
right click gives me the option.
click on settingsmorepin to taskbar.

It works here ...


just checked my Sons nearly identical machine and OS version. Works
fine on his, both methods.
Will check deeper into the naming of these 2 files.

Rene


I ran sfc and dism health restore wit same results, it seems that
windows takes control panel as settings.
Where is the settings file stored?
tried to find with "everything"
but there are soo many I finally gave up.

Thanks Rene


Got it, Fired up "search everything" and deleted all Control panel.exe
files (and there were lots), cold booted and now it works the way it
should. settings to the taskbar OK
Reinstalled Control panel to taskbar and start, Reinstall it to the
X-menu with X-menu editor and now are good to go.
Will now do a Macrium Backup and store it on my external drive.
Thanks all for the help on this.

Rene

That's the legacy Control Panel.

Shortcut

C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Control Panel.lnk

The Target cannot be edited, but I thought it was "control.exe" ?

You can start the Control Panel with control.exe in System32.

Paul