One of the ways in which you can open Control Panel applets is to use the run command. Each Control panel applet can be launched from the Windows\System32 directory by double clicking the corresponding .cpl file. By issuing the direct command from the Run command, you can quickly open an applet. For example, to open the Add or Remove Programs applet, simply type control appwiz.cpl at the run command and click OK. You can even have the applet open to a specific tab by including the tab number. For example, to open the Add or Remove Programs applet to the Add/Remove Windows Components, type the following at the run command:

Control appwiz.cpl,,2

You can easily create a shortcut on your desktop to the Add or Remove Programs applet that opens to the Add/Remove Windows Components, by right clicking your desktop, pointing to New and selecting Shortcut. Type in the command above (Control appwiz.cpl,,2). Type in a name for the shortcut and click OK.