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Add Apps to Control Panel

 

OS : Windows 95

User Level : Advanced

 

This is great for all those apps you just seem to head to the 

Control Panel for. But for this example I will use Quake ;) You will need 

four things:

1. A copy of "Themes.Cpl"

2. A Hex Editor (Hex Workshop)

3. Open Regedit and go down to  this key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

\CurrentVersion\App Paths] Add a new key name it  something with 

Six letters ALL CAPS with a .EXE on the end. Then edit the Default 

value, type in the path of the app you wish to appear in the 

Control Panel I.e. "C:\Games\Quake\Quake.exe" :) Next 

add a new string value and name it "Path" give it a value 

(using the above e.g.) "C:\Games\Quake\Quake;"

 

Open your favorite Hex Editor and open "Themes.cpl" from your 

Systemdirectory, assuming you have Plus! installed. Do a search for 

the second hexy range: 43006F006E00740072006F006C00. Where it  

says. "D.e.s.k.t.o.p. .T.h.e.m.e.s" is the name that appears on the icon, 

Change it to "Q.u.a.k.e" and 00 out the remaining letters.  Where it says 

"P.e.r.s.o.n.a.l.i.z.e. .y.o.u.r. .c.o.m.p.u.t.e.r" this is the status bar text, 

change it to match i.e. "Q.u.a.k.e" and 00 out the remaining letters. 

Where it says "T.H.E.M.E.S...E.X.E" this is the what is referred to 

the registry, change it to match the new key you made in App Paths, 

in this case its "QUAKEQ.EXE' so change it to "Q.U.A.K.E.Q...E.X.E" 

save the file as "Quake.cpl" or anything with a .CPL extension in your 

system directory. Have a look in the Control panel now and Quake should 

be there. What to do about the Desktop Themes icon, no problem just 

open up "Quake.cpl" in icon editor (i.e. Microangelo ibrarian/Studio) And 

replace it with a Quakey icon of choice, then rebuild icon cache with 

Microangelo Engineer or reboot. Done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated: March 14, 2001