From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 1/24/26 10:26 PM, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   > T wrote on 1/24/2026 10:28 PM:   
   >> On 1/22/26 11:01 PM, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   >>> VanguardLH wrote on 1/22/2026 1:41 PM:   
   >>>> T  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> T wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Anyone know how I can run   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>        "control panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and   
   Printers"   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> from the command line?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> maybe   
   >>>>>> explorer "shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That is missing the tool bar at the top with add new etc.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In Windows 10, when I run control.exe, click on "Devices and Printers",   
   >>>> that dialog does not show a "New" button.  It does have "Add a device"   
   >>>> and "Add a printer" buttons, or use the File menu to add devices or   
   >>>> printers.  Maybe they changed the UI for the dialog in Windows 11.   
   >>>> When   
   >>>> you navigate Control Panel (control.exe) to "Devices and Printers", you   
   >>>> see a "New" button?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Different routes(to Devices and Printers in Win11) provide different   
   >>> results.   
   >>>   - Note: below I'm abbreviating 'Devices and Printers' term in the   
   >>> comments about the linked picture as DevPrt   
   >>>   -   
   >>>   
   >>> See linked pic.   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>> - The left side pic is the result when accessing DevPrt via two   
   >>> routes in Win11's. both routes(1 and 2) yield the same dialog box.   
   >>>   1. Settings\Bluetooth and Devices\Devices\More devices and printer   
   >>>   2. Control Panel shortcut\Bluetooth and Devices\Devices\More   
   >>> devices and printers   
   >>> - The right side pic is the result when accessing DevPrt in Win11 via   
   >>> the earlier mentioned 'explorer shell' route.   
   >>>   
   >>> - The left side pic via (1 or 2) does not have the 'greyed out new'   
   >>> icon but does have the usual options(Add device, Add printer)   
   >>> - The right side pic via command.com (as admin) route has the 'New'   
   >>> icon(which is inactive/greyed out).   
   >>>   
   >>> You'll also notices some other differences   
   >>>   - the left side pic shows a square icon(More Options for sizing the   
   >>> respective icons).   
   >>>   - the right side pic shows more greyed-out icons, plus Sort,   
   >>> View(same icon sizing items), and an ellipsis(3 dots) for a few File   
   >>> Explorer-type features.   
   >>>   
   >>> You can make your own guesses on why the differences.   
   >>>   - shell command vs. settings?   
   >>>   - old code vs. newer code?   
   >>>   - never intended to be the same via command vs Settings   
   >>>   - more Win10/11 migration to Settings GUI   
   >>>   - Hoodoo magic   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> OpenShell's "Devices and Printers" gets me the one I want.   
   >   
   > If that works then fine(glad it gets you what you want)...but that   
   > wasn't related to the differences in the two approaches I provided.   
   >   -i.e. those two methods with different results is just  'wiz-ee-wig'   
   >   
   > Even Windows 7 old GUI did not have a 'New' option for Devices and   
   > Printers(only Add Device, Add Printer) just like the optional control   
   > panel-like GUI accessible in W10/W11.   
   >   - the 'New' button/icon that you see/saw is not a device 'add' option,   
   > it's an Explorer option(and only present because Explorer was called via   
   > a shell command in a command.com or powershell window) - only giving you   
   > what it could give.   
   >   
      
      
   I am after how to do it from the command line.  If it   
   was in your response, I missed it.   
      
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