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Retrieving Devices and Printers Information from Control Panel using Python

I am using Python 3.9.12 and using wmi package. I am trying to retrieve Model name of the mouse and keyboard for my tool. Whenever I am using wmi.Win32_PointingDevice() or wmi.Win32_Keyboard() in order to get the model name; I am getting USB Input…
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Info Tip on Control Panel Item Windows 7

Based on this site - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh127450(v=vs.85).aspx, I was able to successfully add my application to the control panel. My problem is with hovering the mouse into the application icon in control panel. My application…
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How can I get the Value of a Control by iterating through its parent ControlPanel

I'm dynamically populating a ControlPanel with some controls... Some are DropDowns, some are TextBoxes: //inputArray is a JsonArray (thus the SelectToken methods) foreach (var item in inputArray) { //Create Label Label LabelTitle = new…
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Open Network And Sharing Center programatically without explorer.exe

Is there a way of opening this from a C# application without needing explorer.exe to be running? I have a Windows 10 IoT device running with a custom shell, but needs to be able allow the user to set up WiFi connections. I have tried…
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settingcontent-ms file tag meaning

Windows 8 has a feature: it can launch an application from the search panel (on the right side of the screen). It works like following: Developer registers his or her application following this instruction. It is a bit legacy instruction, but the…
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Automating default apps in Windows 10

I'm trying to automatically change from Edge to IE11 and from Mail to Outlook 2016 on multiple computers. I'm using Autohotkey to change it through the GUI until the process is fully automated using Windows group policy or similar. My problem is…
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Custom "Repair" and "Uninstall" functions for MSI installers (when called from the Control Panel)

The Add/Remove Programs (or Programs and Features) Control Panel applet usually allows to uninstall or repair a program. For a non-MSI installation it's easy to define what should happen, when a user clicks the "Change" or "Uninstall" button. Just…
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Identifying The Control Panel Applets GUID in Windows 10

I am looking for a way to identify the GUIDs for some applets in my Windows 10 Pro Control Panel. One set of the applets is the Control Panel (Category View), while the others are visible in the Icons Mode. They are third party programs - Mail…
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Print control identifiers for Network and Sharing Center

I am looking for a way how to change the IP address of a network adapter by a script. I am trying pywinauto. I managed to open the Network and Sharing Center from Windows Control panels. Now I am looking for a way to click on the Change adapter…
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How to connect Dial-up connection automatically in WINCE7 for colibri T20

I am newbie to Colibri boards. I am using WINCE7 in my colibri T20 board. In this board every time I connect my modem via USB, I have to make settings in Networks and Dial-up connections. I want to make the connection automatically on start-up. For…
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list all connected devices on windows

How can I get all connected devices using c# like in Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers ?
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How do I make my installer hide the Cancel button from the ARP?

I need to be able to hide or disable the Cancel button in my installer when the user clicks on Remove in the ARP. Is there any way to go about doing that, and if so, how? (Adding the /qb! command line option into the UninstallString registry value…
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Control Panel Settings from Command Line

I'm looking for a way to make a Registry Change take affect right away. Specifically the value I want to touch is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control\ Panel/Desktop/WindowArrangementActive When you change this setting directly from the Control Panel it takes…
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What is the most appropriate control panel for virtual hosting behind Nginx?

I have several domains on Digital Ocean hosting which runs behind Nginx server. I am using it mainly for python aps, but I would like to setup them with PHP as well. Python apps run behind Gevent middleware. Now I need a control panel to make some…
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Device Stage and Device Metadata: Trouble Finding Answers

The short of the long is that I'm looking for the enhanced, photo-realistic icons that are used in the Devices and Printers control panel folder. I suppose I could use the Windows shell to enumerate them, but I don't have the shell pack linked to my…
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