July 31st, 2013

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Launch Item from Control Panel

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to launch an item from the Control Panel.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to launch the Mail item on the Control Panel in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Get-ControlPanelItem with a wildcard character to retrieve the item, then pipe the results to the Show-ControlPanelItem cmdlet:

Get-ControlPanelItem *mail* | Show-ControlPanelItem

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Scripting
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PowerShell 3PowerTipScripting Guy!Windows 8Windows PowerShell

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