The Windows Control Panel is the ideal way to allow a user to alter settings for an application that runs in the background or automatically. For example, it is a good idea to control your service using a control panel applet.
In this page you can install a Control Panel applet that will launch an application or open a certain document or file.
If you use Digital Signature
functionality to sign your package, the Control Panel applet will also
be signed. The Control Panel applet will also have the appropriate UAC requested execution level information
set to "As Invoker" for proper behavior under
Windows Vista or above.
Adding a new Control Panel Applet
Use the toolbar button,
the "New Applet" tree context menu item or press the
Insert key while the "Control Panel Applets"
panel is focused.
Renaming a Control Panel Applet
Use the "Rename" tree context menu item or press the F2 key while an applet is selected.
On some Windows versions, if the applet name (file name)
contains spaces, the icon will not be correctly displayed in Control
Panel.
Deleting a Control Panel Applet
Use the
toolbar button, the “Delete” tree context menu item,
or press the Delete key while an applet is
selected.
Topics
- Applet Settings
Configure Control Panel applet options.