Accessing Control Panel Items (Vb.net)

The following code shows you how to access control panel items.

Imports Shell32

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        ListBox1.Items.Add("appwiz.cpl") 'for opening install/uninstall program

        ListBox1.Items.Add("desk.cpl") 'for opening desktop properties

        ListBox1.Items.Add("hdwwiz.cpl") 'for opening device manager

        ListBox1.Items.Add("inetcpl.cpl") 'for opening internet properties

        ListBox1.Items.Add("intl.cpl") 'for opening region and language properties

End Sub

Private Sub btnOpen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOpen.Click

        Dim objShell As New Shell()

        objShell.ControlPanelItem(ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString())

End Sub