Complete List of Canonical Names of Control Panel Items

Canonical Names of Control Panel Items

As of Windows Vista, each Control Panel item is given a canonical name for use in programmatically launching that item. This topic lists each Control Panel item, its canonical name, and its GUID.

Windows 7 Control Panel Canonical Names

The following canonical names are defined for Control Panel items in Windows 7. All names are also valid on Windows Vista unless specified otherwise. Not all Control Panel items are available on all varieties of Windows and some Control Panel items might appear only when appropriate hardware is detected. These canonical names do not change for different languages. They are always in English, even if the system's language is non-English.

Control Panel Item	Canonical name	GUID
Action Center	Microsoft.ActionCenter (Windows 7 and later only)	{BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}
Administrative Tools	Microsoft.AdministrativeTools	{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}
AutoPlay	Microsoft.AutoPlay	{9C60DE1E-E5FC-40f4-A487-460851A8D915}
Backup and Restore	Microsoft.BackupAndRestore (Windows 7 and later only)	{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Biometric Devices	Microsoft.BiometricDevices (Windows 7 and later only)	{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
BitLocker Drive Encryption	Microsoft.BitLockerDriveEncryption	{D9EF8727-CAC2-4e60-809E-86F80A666C91}
Color Management	Microsoft.ColorManagement	{B2C761C6-29BC-4f19-9251-E6195265BAF1}
Credential Manager	Microsoft.CredentialManager (Windows 7 and later only)	{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Date and Time	Microsoft.DateAndTime	{E2E7934B-DCE5-43C4-9576-7FE4F75E7480}
Default Location	Microsoft.DefaultLocation (Windows 7 and later only)	{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
Default Programs	Microsoft.DefaultPrograms	{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
Desktop Gadgets	Microsoft.DesktopGadgets (Windows 7 and later only)	{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}
Device Manager	Microsoft.DeviceManager	{74246bfc-4c96-11d0-abef-0020af6b0b7a}
Devices and Printers	Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters (Windows 7 and later only)	{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
Display	Microsoft.Display (Windows 7 and later only)	{C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A}
Ease of Access Center	Microsoft.EaseOfAccessCenter	{D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}
Folder Options	Microsoft.FolderOptions	{6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF}
Fonts	Microsoft.Fonts	{93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}
Game Controllers	Microsoft.GameControllers	{259EF4B1-E6C9-4176-B574-481532C9BCE8}
Get Programs	Microsoft.GetPrograms	{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Getting Started	Microsoft.GettingStarted (Windows 7 and later only)	{CB1B7F8C-C50A-4176-B604-9E24DEE8D4D1}
HomeGroup	Microsoft.HomeGroup (Windows 7 and later only)	{67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57}
Indexing Options	Microsoft.IndexingOptions	{87D66A43-7B11-4A28-9811-C86EE395ACF7}
Infrared	Microsoft.Infrared (Windows 7 and later only)	{A0275511-0E86-4ECA-97C2-ECD8F1221D08}
Internet Options	Microsoft.InternetOptions	{A3DD4F92-658A-410F-84FD-6FBBBEF2FFFE}
iSCSI Initiator	Microsoft.iSCSIInitiator	{A304259D-52B8-4526-8B1A-A1D6CECC8243}
Keyboard	Microsoft.Keyboard	{725BE8F7-668E-4C7B-8F90-46BDB0936430}
Location and Other Sensors	Microsoft.LocationAndOtherSensors (Windows 7 and later only)	{E9950154-C418-419e-A90A-20C5287AE24B}
Mouse	Microsoft.Mouse	{6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}
Network and Sharing Center	Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter	{8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}
Notification Area Icons	Microsoft.NotificationAreaIcons (Windows 7 and later only)	{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
Offline Files	Microsoft.OfflineFiles	{D24F75AA-4F2B-4D07-A3C4-469B3D9030C4}
Parental Controls	Microsoft.ParentalControls	{96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B}
Pen and Touch	Microsoft.PenAndTouch (Windows 7 and later only)	{F82DF8F7-8B9F-442E-A48C-818EA735FF9B}
People Near Me	Microsoft.PeopleNearMe	{5224F545-A443-4859-BA23-7B5A95BDC8EF}
Performance Information and Tools	Microsoft.PerformanceInformationAndTools	{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Personalization	Microsoft.Personalization	{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
Phone and Modem	Microsoft.PhoneAndModem (Windows 7 and later only)	{40419485-C444-4567-851A-2DD7BFA1684D}
Power Options	Microsoft.PowerOptions	{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Programs and Features	Microsoft.ProgramsAndFeatures	{7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}
Recovery	Microsoft.Recovery (Windows 7 and later only)	{9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861}
Region and Language	Microsoft.RegionAndLanguage (Windows 7 and later only)	{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}
RemoteApp and Desktop Connections	Microsoft.RemoteAppAndDesktopConnections (Windows 7 and later only)	{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Scanners and Cameras	Microsoft.ScannersAndCameras	{00f2886f-cd64-4fc9-8ec5-30ef6cdbe8c3}
Sound	Microsoft.Sound (Windows 7 and later only)	{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}
Speech Recognition	Microsoft.SpeechRecognition (Windows 7 and later only)	{58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}
Sync Center	Microsoft.SyncCenter	{9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}
System	Microsoft.System	{BB06C0E4-D293-4f75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}
Tablet PC Settings	Microsoft.TabletPCSettings	{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}
Taskbar and Start Menu	Microsoft.TaskbarAndStartMenu	{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}
Text to Speech	Microsoft.TextToSpeech	{D17D1D6D-CC3F-4815-8FE3-607E7D5D10B3}
Troubleshooting	Microsoft.Troubleshooting (Windows 7 and later only)	{C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}
User Accounts	Microsoft.UserAccounts	{60632754-c523-4b62-b45c-4172da012619}
Windows Anytime Upgrade	Microsoft.WindowsAnytimeUpgrade	{BE122A0E-4503-11DA-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}
Windows CardSpace	Microsoft.CardSpace	{78CB147A-98EA-4AA6-B0DF-C8681F69341C}
Windows Defender	Microsoft.WindowsDefender	{D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A}
Windows Firewall	Microsoft.WindowsFirewall	{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Windows Mobility Center	Microsoft.MobilityCenter	{5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468}
Windows SideShow	Microsoft.WindowsSideShow	{E95A4861-D57A-4be1-AD0F-35267E261739}
Windows Update	Microsoft.WindowsUpdate	{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}