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Windows Control Panel is great way of accessing windows administrative features. Some of those features are not available in traditional interface. Those features are hidden from normal GUI. The only way to access is from command line only. For example, control userpasswords2 is the only way to access from Run command.

To access these lists, go to Start Menu -->> Run and type the commands you want.

Control Panel applets

Applet name	Type at the Run command
Add Hardware	control hdwwiz.cpl
Add or Remove Programs	control appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools	control admintools
Appearance Settings	control color
Audio Devices and Sound Themes	control mmsys.cpl
Date and Time	control timedate.cpl or control date/time
Display Settings	control desk.cpl or control desktop
Firewall	control firewall.cpl
Folder Options	control folders
Fonts	Explorer "\windows\fonts" or control fonts
Game Controllers	control joy.cpl
Infocard	control infocardcpl.cpl
iSCSI Initiator	control iscsicpl.cpl
Internet Options	control inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard	control main.cpl Keyboard or control keyboard
Mouse	control main.cpl or control mouse
Network Connections	control ncpa.cpl or control netconnections
Pen and Input Devices	control tabletpc.pcl
People Near Me	control collab.pcl
Phone and Modem Options	control telephon.cpl or control telephony
Power Options	control powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes	control printers
Regional and Language Options	control intl.cpl or control international
Scanners and Cameras	control sticpl.cpl
Windows Security Center	control wscui.cpl
Task Scheduler	control schedtasks
Text to Speech	control speech
System	control sysdm.cpl
User Accounts	control nusrmgr.cpl or control userpasswords or control userpasswords2

These commands will not only make you access more efficiently but also save you a lot of time.