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komodosp
komodosp

Reputation: 3616

Can I call Windows 10 Wifi settings screen without explorer.exe shell?

I have a custom application running as a the shell (Windows 10 Enterprise) for a particular user - i.e. the user boots straight into this application.

However, I want to be able to provide access to the WiFi settings form. I have read that the way to do this is something like

Process.Start("ms-settings:network-wifi");

or 

Process.Start("ms-availablenetworks:");

However, as far as I can tell, that relies on explorer running as the shell.

I've tried...

Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = @"c:\windows\explorer.exe";
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "ms-availablenetworks:";

proc.Start();

All of the above work fine if I run in a normal environment, i.e. with explorer as the shell.

But for this user (with my custom shell application), I get an instance of explorer.exe running and displaying an error, Class not registered

I have also come across using LaunchUriAsync() but I don't think that would help me here, besides it's only available for Windows Store applications for what I've read, which this is not.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 839

Answers (1)

komodosp
komodosp

Reputation: 3616

Well I managed to get this working

First start explorer on its own, then a second Process.Start() to run the settings page.

Unfortunately, when explorer.exe runs, it displays the taskbar which I don't want. (I had previously assumed I'd be able to hide it with a group policy setting or something but this doesn't appear to be the case).

But I suppose that's another question...

Upvotes: 1

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