PowerTip: Open Windows 8 Control Panel Items from PowerShell

re: PowerTip: Open Windows 8 Control Panel Items from PowerShell

Ben — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:56:54 GMT

I get this, even when running powershell as administrator...

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ControlPanelItem 'Windows Firewall'

Get-ControlPanelItem : Cannot find any control panel item with the given name Windows Firewall.

At line:1 char:1

+ Get-ControlPanelItem 'Windows Firewall'

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Windows Firewall:String) [Get-ControlPanelItem], InvalidOperationExcep

tion

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoControlPanelItemFoundForGivenName,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetControlPanelItemCom

mand

PS C:\Windows\system32>

re: PowerTip: Open Windows 8 Control Panel Items from PowerShell

Ed Wilson — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:27:45 GMT

@Peter Forster thanks. It is also useful, because when I am on Windows 8, and using a desktop type of application, it is a lot of work to get back to the start screen to find control panel. With PowerShell -- which I always have open, it is easy.

re: PowerTip: Open Windows 8 Control Panel Items from PowerShell

Peter Forster — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:04:08 GMT

Pretty cool stuff!