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Applet Settings

Display

Caption

In this field you can specify the text that will be displayed in Control Panel next to your applet icon. You can localize this string.

Description

Short description of your applet. This text will appear as status bar text or tool-tip when your applet is selected in Control Panel. You can localize this string.

TipThese fields are of Formatted Type and can be edited using Smart Edit Control.

Category

Select the corepondent Control Panel applets group under which you desire for your applet to appear. If you select the option No Category the applet will be visible in Control Panel in the following scenarios, depending on the OS:

  • XP and Vista - only if the user is in Classic View mode
  • Windows 7 or newer - only if the user is in Large/Small Icons mode

Icon File

Select the icon that will be displayed in Control Panel for your applet. The icon can be extracted from an icon file, an executable or a DLL file.

Command

Target

Specify the target file that will be executed or launched when the Control Panel icon is double-clicked.

NoteIf your target application needs administrator privileges, the appropriate UAC requested execution level information has to be set to "requireAdministrator" for proper behavior under Windows Vista or above.

Command Line

You can specify a command line for your executable.

TipThese fields are of Formatted Type and can be edited using Smart Edit Control.

Examples:

Target:       [WindowsFolder]notepad.exe
Target:       [#yourfile]
Command Line: /out "[APPDIR]OutputFolder"
Target:       [#Readme.html]

Registration

Specify if the applet is visible too all user accounts from the machine or just to the user installing the application.

  • System - the applet is available to all users.
  • User - the applet will be available just for the user installing the application.

NoteIf you select the option System your package must be configured to install per-machine from Install Parameters page, ensuring proper installation credentials.

Task Links

As of Windows Vista, the Control Panel category view provides task links beneath each Control Panel item's icon. It is recommended that you provide task links for your Control Panel items as an aid to users searching for functionality.

Adding a new task link

Use the [ New ] button. The Edit Task Link Dialog will enable you to configure the task.