General Complete List of Rundll32 Commands in Windows 11

WildWilly · Dec 10, 2023

You've got a bunch of entries in the table above for opening the old Control Panel & a number of its subpanels. I am getting the impression in the short time I've been using W11 that Control Panel is deprecated, that Microsoft is trying to deimplement it & replace it with the newer Settings dialog. Is there a way to open Settings instead of Control Panel? Actually, I have partially answered my own question:

Create Shortcuts to Open Pages in Settings in Windows 11 Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum

But I'm still curious about Microsoft's attitude about the legacy Control Panel.

When I execute dir /? i get a quick summary of the parameters for the dir command. Is there anything like that for the entries in the table above? I've tried /?, -?, just ?, help, /help, -help. Nothing works. Sometimes what I try is just ignored. Mostly it pops up an error message box saying the specified module could not be found. Is there a way to get summary help out of these commands?

WildWilly · Dec 10, 2023

When you navigate Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center there is a clickable object labelled simply Ethernet. Focus is actually on this object by default when you navigate to this Control Panel page.

When you click that, you get this:

What can you execute to open this thing up from a command script? I did find ms-settings:network-ethernet but it doesn't show the interesting things that are in the legacy ethernet status display. Specifically, it doesn't show duration (which is usually how long since you booted up) & it doesn't show the graphic for sent & received data, where the byte counts update continuously, giving you feedback on activity on the line. There are other things in the system (Task Manager -> Performance -> Ethernet, Resource Monitor -> Network) that give somewhat overlapping status, but this one is handy when your ISP has suffered an outage. If they would put everything from this status display onto Settings -> Network & Internet -> Ethernet, I wouldn't be asking this question.

garlin · Dec 10, 2023

While the Network Connections panel has a shortcut (ncpa.cpl), every displayed network device is a dynamic object. There's no fixed mapping to Ethernet0, as every device is stored as a random GUID.

What you need is a PowerShell command:

Code:

powershell "explorer ""::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}\::$((Get-NetAdapter -Name Ethernet*).DeviceID)"""

If needed, replace "-Name Ethernet*" with another interface's name.

WildWilly · Dec 11, 2023

Thank you @garlin for that. I am not particularly adept at Power Shell so your command is completely beyond my understanding. However, I'm giving it a go.

I had this whole long post composed describing how it was just giving me errors & certain regedit searches I did were giving me things to try that also didn't work.

Then I looked at your example again. Your example shows -Name Ethernet*. Your words say to, and I quote, "replace "-Name Ethernet*" with another interface's name." So I had replaced all of "-Name Ethernet*" with a name, just like you said. I made it say, "-Ethernet*" When I changed it to what you did instead of what you said, "-Name Ethernet*" worked a treat!

Some day, I am going to study up on Power Shell. For now, it's all just magic spells to me. To me, you picked those class IDs out of thin air . . . or the part of your anatomy where you sit. Obviously, you knew where to look in the registry to come up with those class IDs. I could never have come up with them, much less constructed that command.

To me, it is weird that the class IDs appear to be the same ones on every system. I thought class IDs were essentially random strings & no two systems would have the same set of class IDs. There's another bit of education I am lacking.

In any case, it works & I am carefully preserving it in a script for execution on demand.

Thank you once again.

garlin · Dec 11, 2023

If you wanted a non-PS solution, the CMD equivalent is a bit clunky due to the required parsing.

Code:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set "regPath=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards"

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('reg query "%regPath%" ^| findstr HKEY') do (
    for /f "tokens=3*" %%b in ('reg query "%%a" /v Description ^| findstr REG_SZ') do (
        echo "%%c" | find /i "Gigabit" >nul && (
            for /f "tokens=3" %%d in ('reg query "%%a" /v ServiceName ^| findstr REG_SZ') do (
                start ::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}\::%%d
            )
        )
    )
)

Replace find /i "Gigabit" with a string match from the NIC's long name (ie. Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection)

WildWilly · Dec 11, 2023

Oh no. I'm not averse to learning new things. I'm not going to stick to a non-Power Shell world. The Power Shell script you gave is quite neat, even if I don't understand it. This regular command script is clearly much worse that the Power Shell one. I'll stick with that. But it's good you posted that in case somebody else might want it.

Function	Rundll32 command
About Windows	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,ShellAbout`
Add Network Location Wizard	`Rundll32 %SystemRoot%\system32\shwebsvc.dll,AddNetPlaceRunDll`
Add a device	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL AddPrinter`
Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard	`Rundll32.exe tcpmonui.dll,LocalAddPortUI`
Control Panel	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL`
Bluetooth Settings - Options tab	`rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL bthprops.cpl,,1`
Bluetooth Settings - COM Ports tab	`rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL bthprops.cpl,,2`
Bluetooth Settings - Hardware tab	`rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL bthprops.cpl,,3`
Date and Time - "Date and Time" tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl`
Date and Time - "Additional Clocks" tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,,1`
Default apps - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,3`
Desktop Icon Settings	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0`
Device Installation Settings	`Rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\System32\newdev.dll,DeviceInternetSettingUi`
Device Manager	`Rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute`
Display - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl`
Ease of Access Center	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl`
Environment Variables	`Rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables`
File Explorer Options - General tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 0`
File Explorer Options - Search tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 2`
File Explorer Options - View tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 7`
Fonts folder	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL FontsFolder`
Forgotten Password Wizard	`Rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,PRShowSaveWizardExW`
Game Controllers	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL joy.cpl`
Get Programs	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1`
Hibernate or Sleep	`Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState`
Indexing Options	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL srchadmin.dll`
Internet Properties - General tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl`
Internet Properties - Security tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,,1`
Internet Properties - Privacy tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,,2`
Internet Properties - Content tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,,3`
Internet Properties - Connections tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,,4`
Internet Properties - Programs tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,,5`
Internet Properties - Advanced tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl,,6`
Keyboard Properties - Speed tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @1`
Language & region - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll,,1`
Lock computer	`Rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation`
Map Network Drive wizard	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL Connect`
Mouse Button swap left and right button function	`Rundll32.exe user32.dll,SwapMouseButton`
Mouse Properties - Buttons tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl`
Mouse Properties - Pointers tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl,,1`
Mouse Properties - Pointer Options tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl,,2`
Mouse Properties - Wheel tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl,,3`
Mouse Properties - Hardware tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl,,4`
Network Connections	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl`
Notifications - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 4`
ODBC Data Source Administrator (64-bit)	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL odbccp32.cpl`
Offline Files - General tab	`Rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL cscui.dll,,0`
Offline Files - Disk Usage tab	`Rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL cscui.dll,,1`
Offline Files - Encryption tab	`Rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL cscui.dll,,2`
Offline Files - Network tab	`Rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL cscui.dll,,3`
Pen and Touch - Pen Options tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL tabletpc.cpl`
Pen and Touch - Touch tab	`rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL tabletpc.cpl,,1`
Personalization - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2`
Power Options	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL powercfg.cpl`
Printer User Interface	`Rundll32.exe Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?`
Printers folder	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder`
Process idle tasks	`Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks`
Programs and Features	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,0`
Region - Formats tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,0`
Region - Administrative tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,1`
Safely Remove Hardware	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll`
Screen Saver Settings	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1`
Security and Maintenance	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL wscui.cpl`
Set Up a Network wizard	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NetSetup.cpl`
Sleep or Hibernate	`Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState`
Sound - Playback tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,0`
Sound - Recording tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,1`
Sound - Sounds tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,2`
Sound - Communications tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,3`
Speech Properties - "Text to Speech" tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL %SystemRoot%\System32\Speech\SpeechUX\sapi.cpl,,1`
Start - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 3`
Stored User Names and Passwords	`Rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr`
System Properties - Computer Name tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,1`
System Properties - Hardware tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,2`
System Properties - Advanced tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,3`
System Properties - System Protection tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,4`
System Properties - Remote tab	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,5`
Taskbar - Settings page	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1`
Text Services and Input Languages	`Rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll,,{C07337D3-DB2C-4D0B-9A93-B722A6C106E2}`
User Accounts	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL nusrmgr.cpl`
Windows Defender Firewall	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL firewall.cpl`
Windows Features	`Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,2`
Windows To Go Startup Options	`Rundll32.exe pwlauncher.dll,ShowPortableWorkspaceLauncherConfigurationUX`

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