Re: how to start networking from command line

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Myself, I do not see the point of running as anything less than an
Administrator.

I should add unless in a business environment where you do not want people
messing around where you do not want them to or for children.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I did miss this part from your first post...

I don't want to log off and login as the administrator

Myself, I do not see the point of running as anything less than an
Administrator. Even then XP thinks it owns the machine. ;-)

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GS <gsmsnews.microsoft.comGS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
thank you Wes for all different variation.

those intended for command prompt. they all work from the plain limited
user command prompt.. However I have not found any that worked on the
command prompt initiated by
runas /user:administrator cmd.
They are either ignored or all those with file: prefix gets error "file:
is not recognized."

too bad

I even granted myself admin right temporarily still no luck in changing
the property from the system notification tray icon . looks like I am
banging my head on the wall.

Once upon a time I could start explorer etc from runas command or cmd
prompt initiated by runas. but on of the Microsoft update killed that


I guess I just Wait till Monday when I get in the office and reboot into
admin to fix up the networking.



"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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netcpl.cpl does not exist. inetcpl.cpl is Internet Properties.

Start | Run | Type: ncpa.cpl | Click OK should open Network
Connections.

Typing: ncpa.cpl in a command prompt and hitting Enter should open
Network Connections.

If typing just ncpa.cpl in the Run command or the command prompt does
not work, try...

%windir%\system32\ncpa.cpl

If that works, then your PATH is screwed up.

The PATH is used by both the Run command and the command prompt.

Open a command prompt, type: path and hit Enter.

You may have more, but these are a minimum...

C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem

See this.

Why don't my commands work?
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/cmdprompt.html#6

Bill Stewart has written a small program called FIXPATH that attempts to
fix these problems.

FIXPATH
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/files/fixpath2.zip

If you want to get complicated...

This pasted in Start | Run
ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
control ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
control ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
control.exe ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
control.exe ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
%windir%\system32\ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
%windir%\system32\ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
%windir%\system32\control.exe ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
%windir%\system32\control.exe ncpa.cpl
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL NCPA.CPL
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL NCPA.CPL
opens Network Connections.

{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} is the CLSID for Network
Connections.

{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} is the CLSID for My Network
Places.

This pasted in Start | Run
file:///::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
explorer ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
explorer ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run
Explorer.exe



/e,/root,::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2
-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in a command prompt
Explorer.exe



/e,/root,::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2
-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run



file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

We can further complicate things.

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} is My Computer

{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} is Control Panel

This pasted in Start | Run



file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
opens Network Connections.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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GS <gsmsnews.microsoft.comGS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
also tried
%windir%\system32\control.exe netcpl.cpl

nothing came up. I look at the list from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192806
I can't see anything else I even tried dropping cpl before the .cpl or
replace it with sys. no joy so far

just for curiosity, I tried in windows 2000 pro PC, same thing
happens, no deviation of behaviour.

MS must have clamped down the OS since then

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try typing: ncpa.cpl and hit Enter.

ncpa.cpl is Network Connections.

There ain't no network.msc nor network.cpl

Also works in the Run command.

Start | Run | Type: ncpa.cpl | Click OK

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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GS <gsmsnews.microsoft.comGS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
instead of clicking on the networking on the start menu or in the
control panel, how can I start changing property of a network
connection?

neither network.msc nor network.cpl works

I don't want to log off and login as the administrator account
directly as I will have the firewall software slow down the PC in the
remote connection mode. the fw is ok as Long as I have login session
in place from console and taken over by remote connection but login
initiated by remote connection will cause the fw to consume excessive
high amounts of CPU

.

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