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  Oct 13 2004, 09:43 PM
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*shrug*  Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 6518 
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I need some help adding a program to the contol panel. I've created a Startup Manager program and have added it to the control panel with the following registry entries:
CODE Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 It appears, but the problem is when I try and run it from the control panel, I get an "Access is Denied" error.[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}] @="Startup Manager" "InfoTip"="Manages all programs that startup with a computer." [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}\DefaultIcon] @="%programfiles%\\Mantra Software Australia\\StartupManager\\StartupManager.exe,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}\Shell\Open\command] @="%programfiles%\\Mantra Software Australia\\StartupManager\\StartupManager.exe" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{373419B5-F3F9-4D20-9A45-6D4898CE9E04}] @="Startup Manager" Does anyone have any information on this or any way to fix it? |
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Oct 13 2004, 09:46 PM
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*shrug* Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 6518
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Nevermind. I fixed it.
I placed the StartupManager.exe file in the system32 directory and now it works. Obviously the "Program Files" folder doesn't have the required permission to run programs via the control panel. |
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Oct 13 2004, 09:49 PM
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MSFN Junkie Group: Members Posts: 4164 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 20315 
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really? thats kinda weird (ive never tried it)
what if u are in the admin account? (i dunno if u are) |
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Oct 14 2004, 05:06 AM
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*shrug* Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 6518
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Yeah. No matter what account you use, you'll get an "Access is denied" error.
system32 is the only folder so far that works properly. Ahwell, I don't mind... I only have one exe file so just placing it in the system32 directory doesn't matter. |
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Oct 14 2004, 09:10 PM
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MSFN Junkie Group: Members Posts: 4164 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 20315
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what if u add a *.lnk 2 system32 & link it 2 the program? adding your *.lnk file to control panel?
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Oct 14 2004, 09:21 PM
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*shrug* Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 6518
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Nup... I get a new error now...
(null) is not a valid Win32 application. |
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Oct 14 2004, 10:16 PM
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Follow the rules please :-)  Group: Patrons Posts: 7658 Joined: 14-November 03 From: Bangalore, India Member No.: 9470 
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Maybe you can modify this to your purpose.
Examples of a similar sort of add to CPL: CODE ;Show TweakUI at Control Panel Hoping this helps....
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}] @="TweakUI XP" "InfoTip"="Starts the TweakUI program which, allows you to customize advanced options and Settings in Windows to your liking" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\tweakui.exe,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\Shell\Open\command] @="tweakui.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\ShellFolder] "Attributes"=dword:00000030 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}] @="Tweak UI ;Clipboard (becomes clipbook) Control Panel Icon [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}] @="Clipboard" "InfoTip"="Starts the Clipboard" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\clipbrd.exe,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}\Shell\Open\command] @="clipbrd.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}\ShellFolder] "Attributes"=dword:00000030 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{4de05bc9-69f6-4bfc-8094-5e1069f2f51f}] @="Add Clipboard to the Control Panel" |
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Oct 15 2004, 12:59 AM
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*shrug* Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 6518
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@prathapml: Take note of my second post... I fixed it...
 Just meant that I needed to have the program in "system32" directory rather than the "Program Files" directory. |
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Apr 11 2005, 12:39 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 35213 
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The only way I've found to add programs to the Control Panel is to use CMD or BAT files with "REG ADD" commands in it. It ensures that the correct path to the program is expanded before it is put in the registry. For example, this is how I add the "Volume Control" applet to the Control Panel:
CODE echo Adding "Volume Control" application to Control Panel....
set CLSID={A27BAB2C-1EF5-4009-B6DA-53F58DEAEAA3} reg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID% /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "Volume Control" /f > nul reg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID% /v InfoTip /t REG_SZ /d "Allows user to adjust the volume of the sound card" /f > nul reg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID%\DefaultIcon /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%systemroot%\system32\sndvol32.exe\"" /f > nul reg add hkcr\clsid\%CLSID%\Shell\Open\Command /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%systemroot%\system32\sndvol32.exe\"" /f > nul reg add %NameSpace%\%CLSID% /v "" /t REG_SZ /d "Volume Control" /f > nul |
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Apr 11 2005, 01:26 AM
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WPI Guru  Group: Software Developers Posts: 6077 Joined: 18-September 03 From: Pocatello, ID Member No.: 6960 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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google for a program called CPL maker it will make cpl extensions for any program. I have a registered version for any that want a cpl made...
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Apr 18 2005, 02:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 35213
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QUOTE (kelsenellenelvian @ Apr 11 2005, 01:26 AM) google for a program called CPL maker it will make cpl extensions for any program. I have a registered version for any that want a cpl made...  Could you provide a link to the software? I can't find it! 
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Apr 19 2005, 10:01 AM
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Take yer medicine... Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 12-October 04 From: Atlanta Member No.: 33535
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yep, control panel looks in \system32 folder.
I copy the DirectX applet (directx.cpl) there CODE \$OEM$\$$\System32\directx.cpl for my unattended CD... |
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