Shortcut to Wireless Network Connection Status

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stuckling1
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Shortcut to Wireless Network Connection Status

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Any ideas as to how I can make a desktop shortcut to open this dialogue in one click?
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It's located in Control Panel/Network/Network And Sharing Centre/ View Status.
Alternatively it can be found by right-clicking the network icon in the systray.

I've tried right-clicking the link in network and sharing centre (no options); dragging that link to my desktop (no effect), searching for "wireless connection status" in Start Search (only finds Network&Sharing Centre, not this specific box).

It's only 4 clicks to get to it the long way round, but I am rather lazy, so it would be nice to create a desktop shortcut.

TIA
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Re: Shortcut to Wireless Network Connection Status

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Instructions for Windows 7, the exact steps for Vista are slightly different.

From the Network and Sharing Center click on Change adapter settings
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Right click and drag the Wireless Network Connection to your desktop
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Re: Shortcut to Wireless Network Connection Status

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My friend Google found this set of instructions and screen shots for doing this on Vista
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Re: Shortcut to Wireless Network Connection Status

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Fantastic. Thanks Stuart, I should probably have thought to ask Google too.

Cheers again

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Re: Shortcut to Wireless Network Connection Status

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You might get a bit closer with a shortcut to C:\WINDOWS\system32\ncpa.cpl (which is the equivalent of control.exe ncpa.cpl) but after that you're on your own!

... too late!

... and it looks from this writeup that the CONTROL method wouldn't work, because there aren't any parameters available for ncpa.cpl which could get you to the right Wireless Connection panel.
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