How to open the MyComputer,Printer,Dialup Networking Folders in Windows 95

Keywords:  MyComputer Printer Dialup Networking Folders 

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Try this...

To open My Computer:

Run("explorer.exe","::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}")

To open Dial-Up Networking:

Run("explorer.exe","::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{992CFFA0-F5
57-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}")

To open Printers:

Run("explorer.exe","::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{2227A280-3A
EA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}")

To open Control Panel:

Run("explorer.exe","::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3A
EA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}")

To Open network neighborhood:
;HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

run("explorer.exe","::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}")

Basically, to open one of these folders, find the CLSID for the folder and use it as a parameter separated by two colons. For folders that live in My Computer, use the My Computer CLSID + "\" + target folder CLSID. These CLSID's are static (the same on every machine I've checked).

The other guy who gets credit for this is Todd Harpersberger,who turned me on to the shortcut that gave me the insight, and who would love to see his name in lights (he also doesn't know I'm asking you to give him a tip 'o the hat )...

I haven't found this information anywhere on the Web, so you folks will be the first with this tip!

('cmon - you've got to give Ziff-Davis IT credit for this one!)...

Thanks-A-Million to Ziff-Davis IT...and more specifically Greg Fortune and Todd Harpersberger

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Article ID:   W13784

Filename:   How to Open those Special Win95 folders.txt