Comments on: Quickly Open Network Connections List in Windows 7 or Vista

By: cindy

cindy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:18:25 +0000

I am tring to find wireless lan or highspeed internet settings (says it should be in control pannel) but its not all I want to do is set up my wireless printer and I have been 3 hours just on the wireless part HELP!! Please

By: InKyEyES

InKyEyES — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:53:41 +0000

To Get the Network Connections applet back in the Control Panel you can
-Open Regedt32
-Navigate to: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\don’t load
-Delete the entry for ncpa.cpl
-Close regedt32

Now Network Connections is back in the control panel and indexed so it can be searched for on the start menu.

Tada! ó¿ó

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:32:24 +0000

Thanks. This has been killing me.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:43:41 +0000

Thank you so much !!!

By: Henry

Henry — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:33:37 +0000

Thankyou! This has been really bugging me also.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:54:55 +0000

Why the heck did MS add two extra steps to get to it, anyway? Why don’t we position the steering wheel inside the glove compartment?

Thank you so much for posting this!

By: ADTC

ADTC — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:09:50 +0000

You can create a “clone” of the actual Network Connections folder. Clone, means it’s not a simple shortcut but functions like a real folder. That means if you see it in any menu (e.g. Quick Launch menu), you can point to it to display your connections in a sub-menu.
1. Open Network Connections folder.
2. Right-click the address bar and select “Copy Address” (not Copy Address as Text).
3. Open the folder where you want the clone to appear. (e.g. Quick Launch)
4. Right-click an empty area and select “Paste Shortcut.” You may need to refresh (F5) to see the icon.

The following information is for advanced users only. If you want to create a real shortcut to Network Connections (not to ncpa.cpl but to the actual Network Connections in Control Panel), do the below.
1. First of all, create the clone as mentioned above.
2. Open the cloned folder in Command Prompt and issue the “dir” command. You will see “target.lnk”.
3. Copy this file “target.lnk” using the “copy” command to a folder where you want the real shortcut to appear.
4. Open the folder in Explorer and rename the copied shortcut to “Network Connections.”
If you right-click the shortcut and select Properties, you will see the difference.

By: patat

patat — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:34:08 +0000

from Windows 2000 systems and later there is also this command line :

control.exe netconnections

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:06:51 +0000

Is there a tutorial or some information on how to install an external harddrive With windows vista. I have been using my ext HD for about two years on my older computer which had ME version installed on it. I just got another computer that has Vista. The harddrive is a firewire (Buslink) I was under the impression that all I would have to do is plug it in and turn the computer on and I would be able to use it. Well of course I was wrong. I can not access it. What will I have to do?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:09:00 +0000

THANK YOU!!!!!