How to make a shortcut to Local Area network (LAN) Settings

My goal is to make a shortcut to the place: Local Area Network(LAN) Settings I have so far made a New shortcut where I put in target:

C:\Windows\System32\control.exe Inetcpl.cpl,Connections,4
Start in: C:\Windows\System32
Shortcut key: Ctrl+Alt+S

This makes the Internet Properties window appear and also the tab Connections.

I want make the shortcut go further to the button same tab LAN settings.


It looks like you can't shortcut directly to there, however if you hit ALT + L while at the C:\Windows\System32\control.exe Inetcpl.cpl,Connections,4 window that will take you to it.


  1. Right Click on Desktop. Select New > Shortcut.
  2. in Create Shortcut dialog box it will ask you for Type the location of the item: put rundll32.exe inetcpl.cpl,LaunchConnectionDialog in the text box.
  3. Do not click on browse button.
  4. Click on Next Button to continue.
  5. Type a name for the shortcut i.e. Proxy Settings.
  6. Click on Finish. Your shortcut has been created

(...assuming this was an "XY Problem")

If the OP's goal was actually to have easy access to toggle the IE Proxy Server on or off, then this simple utility from Jody Holmes could be the easiest solution. (Works in Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10.)

It adds an icon to the notification area, with which a single click will toggle to aEnable or bDisable the proxy server "checkbox" in Internet Options, eg: checkbox

Right-click the icon for more options including icon update frequency, and ability to set a hotkey. From "About":


Command-line usage:

ieproxytoggle -on
ieproxytoggle -off
ieproxytoggle -toggle