2024. 4. 9. 11:15

How to open Control Panel Items in the separate explorer.exe

If you want to open 'This PC\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features'
First you need to convert each items to GUID

  • This PC -> 20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d
  • All Control Panel Items -> 21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d
  • Programs and Features -> 7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5

Then launch exporer.exe with /separate paramter

For example:

C:\Windows\explorer.exe /separate, ::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}\::{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}\::{7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}

Then the above process will be terminated and the below process shows up with ' Programs and Features'

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding

If you want to launch explorer.exe as your descendant process, there is a way

  1. Run: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
    • This process is your descendant process and it is invisible.
  2. Run: C:\Windows\explorer.exe /separate, ::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}\::{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}\::{7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}
    • This process will be terminated and 'Programs and Features' will be showed in the previous explorer.exe.
    • But if there is one more explorer.exe /factory, there is no gurantee which one shows 'Programs and Features'.