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

cobaltic5 2024. 4. 9. 11:15

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'.