Control Panel from IE

[Joe_Fox]

Hi,

Some times I need to access Control Panel from IE and all I used to do in IE6 was type 'Control Panel' into the address bar and hey presto, Control Panel opened up.

Now, when I try to do this in IE8 it just uses a default search engine to search for Control Panel.

How can I launch Control Panel from the IE8 address bar?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Orifice]

Hi Joe.

One way of working around the problem (of IE8 not letting you just type the command into the address bar) is to have a shortcut to Control Panel on the 'Favorites bar'. Just one click and the Control Panel is there.

Ok, its not the same as typing in the words but I find it quicker.

 

[Joe_Fox]

The trouble is, sometimes I need to launch Control Panel with another account (e.g. my su account). Opening IE with my su account is simple and I used to do this, then type Control Panel, to open Control Panel as my su, but now I cannot do this.

Any suggestions?

 

[Durham Fox]

The trouble is, sometimes I need to launch Control Panel with another account (e.g. my su account). Opening IE with my su account is simple and I used to do this, then type Control Panel, to open Control Panel as my su, but now I cannot do this.

Any suggestions?

Open control panel in the usual way?

 

[Macky]

The trouble is, sometimes I need to launch Control Panel with another account (e.g. my su account). Opening IE with my su account is simple and I used to do this, then type Control Panel, to open Control Panel as my su, but now I cannot do this.

That makes no sense

Any suggestions?

Talk more sense

 

[Joe_Fox]

It makes sense. I just don't want to have to log out of windows, then log back in as super user to open control panel with elevated priviliges. That takes too long.

I want to be able to run control panel as super user but cannot do this any more.

 

[Macky]

It makes sense. I just don't want to have to log out of windows, then log back in as super user to open control panel with elevated priviliges. That takes too long.

I want to be able to run control panel as super user but cannot do this any more.

Windows doesn't use SU accounts

 

[Joe_Fox]

but I have a su account at work which has different permissions as far as windows goes so I can change things that are only reachable via control panel.

 

[Macky]

but I have a su account at work which has different permissions as far as windows goes so I can change things that are only reachable via control panel.

Do you mean an Admin account? As far as I know Windows doesn't have SU accounts, SU is a Unix/Linux term(not the same as admin).
If I'm wrong then I'd love to be educated.

 

[Joe_Fox]

Maybe it's our terminology Macky.