Script to List Control Panel Items with Path and GUID
Here is a small VBScript written for Windows XP, that lists Control Panel items with Path or GUID for each item. This script does not work well in Windows Vista.
Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set fso = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FilesystemObject")
sFileName= WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") & "\CPLItems.txt"
set b = fso.CreateTextFile (sFileName,true)
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(&H3&)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
Set colItems = objFolder.Items
sCPLList = string(9,"*") & vbCrLf & "Namespace" & _
vbCrLf & string(9,"*") & vbCrLf
sCPLList2 = string(4,"*") & vbCrLf & "CPLs" & _
vbCrLf & string(4,"*") & vbCrLf
For Each objItem In colItems
If objItem.Name <> objItem.Path Then
If InStr(1,objItem.Path,"{") > 0 Then
sCPLList = sCPLList & objItem.Name & _
" - " & Right(objItem.Path,38) & vbCrLf
Else
sCPLList = sCPLList & objItem.Name & _
" - " & objItem.Path & vbCrLf
End If
Else
sCPLList2 = sCPLList2 & objItem.Name & vbCrLf
End If
Next
b.Writeline sCPLList
b.Writeline sCPLList2
b.close
WshShell.Run "notepad " & sFileName, 1,True
Set fso = Nothing
set WshShell = Nothing
Copy the above code to Notepad, and save the file with .VBS extension. Double-click the file to run it. The list of CPL items are saved to a text file in your Desktop.
SEE ALSO
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How to remove duplicate icons from Control Panel
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