(Solved) Can't run Control Panel's Bluetooth panel

[ChiDragon]

I'm trying to automate Bluetooth device pairing and failing at the very first line, opening the Bluetooth Devices panel. Other panels open fine.

Run ("control.exe bthprops.cpl") ; nothing
Run ("control.exe timedate.cpl") ; opens Date and Time

Both lines work when run from an ordinary command line, but I can't find any way to get bthprops to open from AutoIt. Running Windows 7 x64. Does the first run command work for anyone else?

Edited March 13, 2011 by ChiDragon

[Jos]

Works fine here on a Win7 x64 system.

Does it work from the command prompt?

Edited March 13, 2011 by Jos

[ChiDragon]

Yeah. Very confusing. Thanks for the feedback.

EDIT: Even worse, I can't workaround it by running a cmd.exe window using AutoIt. If I try to type in the above commands into the launched window, the bthprops one triggers nothing but a quick flash of the spinning "busy" cursor. Again, the other one works.

Both commands work from a cmd.exe launched by Windows' own Run dialog. I don't understand what the difference could possibly be. I even set the working directory to be the same.

EDIT 2: Got it... 32-bit AutoIt launching 32-bit cmd.exe. For whatever reason I have to use the x64 version of AutoIt. All commands work then. Thanks.

Edited March 13, 2011 by ChiDragon

[Jos]

try: ShellExecute("bthprops.cpl")

Edited March 13, 2011 by Jos

[ChiDragon]

Whoops, guess I didn't refresh the page in between my edits. ShellExecute was actually the first command I tried before switching to Run and it likewise didn't work.

As I said in my edit above, it was just a x86 vs x64 issue. Sure would be nice if Windows gave me some sort of error message instead of silently failing.