'Control Panel'-folder items not correct open in TC?

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Joeyy
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'Control Panel'-folder items not correct open in TC?

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When I enter Control Panel within Total Commander, some links are marked as dir, like the image above, and double-click the link, like Action Center, it opens an empty folder, not the Windows Action Center page, why?
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Because Windows reports them as directories to the program requesting the Control Panel contents (TC in this case). You can try Explorer++ which will show you the same thing.

Here's a little "trick" to open these items: Use the context menu and select "Open". This will open a new Explorer window with the particular Control Panel item. But keep in mind that Explorer can't be run as administrator, so it will be a normal (non-elevated) instance.

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Post by *Joeyy »

Dalai wrote:Because Windows reports them as directories to the program requesting the Control Panel contents (TC in this case). You can try Explorer++ which will show you the same thing.

Here's a little "trick" to open these items: Use the context menu and select "Open". This will open a new Explorer window with the particular Control Panel item. But keep in mind that Explorer can't be run as administrator, so it will be a normal (non-elevated) instance.

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Dalai
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