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How To?: Making a shortcut to (Connect to a network)


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deamos

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I have been working on a way to create any type of shortcut to "Connect to a network"(the place where you select which wireless network you'd like to connect to), I would love to use launchy to bring up the window so i can really cut down on my startup mousing. I have tried finding the CLSID to "Connect to a network" with no luck so far. So far the closest I got was a shortcut to "Network Connections" which is not helpful to get to finding a wireless network to connect to. I did this through a shortcut aimed at "C:\Windows\explorer.exe ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}"

Any suggestions?
-Geo

Bonus: You can create a shortcut to anything in explorer that you can find a CLSID for, it's a pretty nifty trick if you haven't heard about it before.
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HuntHunter

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This should do the trick.

RunDll32.exe van.dll,RunVAN

If using something like ObjectDock, in ObjectDock's "Dock Entry Properties", type "RunDll32.exe" (without the quotes) into the "Link" box and "van.dll,RunVAN" into the "Arguments" box, then pick an icon such as "Internet 2" from C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\ObjectDock\Bundled Images\Misc Icons -- or something else from WinCustomize -- you're good to go. :)
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datsafail

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click the start and look for connect to. drag it to your desktop and rename
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