Brother Control Center 4 - how to create a desktop icon
We've used Brother Control Center 4 for a long time now. All of our users have a desktop icon for it and use it for scanning. We just upgraded a few PC's and now they have the latest version of Control Center 4. It works the same as the older version except we can't create a desktop icon to launch it. (There's no shortcut to it in the Start Menu either.)
We can launch it in a couple steps via the system tray or Brother Utilities but we'd love to have the convenient one-step launch of a desktop icon.
We have several other computers here with an older version of CC4 and we've tried replicating their desktop icons (accounting for any changes in folder structure) but it doesn't work.
Can you advise us on how to create a desktop icon for it?
We can launch it in a couple steps via the system tray or Brother Utilities but we'd love to have the convenient one-step launch of a desktop icon.
We have several other computers here with an older version of CC4 and we've tried replicating their desktop icons (accounting for any changes in folder structure) but it doesn't work.
Can you advise us on how to create a desktop icon for it?
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what printer model is this?
No further input. Points split among contributors.
There should be a CC4 icon in the system tray (you may need to click the up arrow to see hidden files in the tray). You can't copy that to the desktop, but you can drag it down to the task bar area of the system tray where it will be visible at all times. Just double click that icon to open control center directly.
I have the Brother MFC J870DW printer and Windows 7 Pro.
I think can be valid for other printers also
On Windows 7 Pro go to: C:/Program Data/Microsoft/Windows/Sta
You will find the shortcut CC4, right click on it and click on sent to desktop
I think can be valid for other printers also
On Windows 7 Pro go to: C:/Program Data/Microsoft/Windows/Sta
You will find the shortcut CC4, right click on it and click on sent to desktop
An other solution for win 7 is
Click Start or Start (Start button) => (All) Programs => Brother => XXX-XXXX (your model name) => ControlCenter4. The ControlCenter4 window will open and also the "CC4" icon will be in the task tray.
Click Start or Start (Start button) => (All) Programs => Brother => XXX-XXXX (your model name) => ControlCenter4. The ControlCenter4 window will open and also the "CC4" icon will be in the task tray.
You can create a BAT file with the following command:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlCenter4"\BrCc
Please note that the file path (double quotes required to escape spaces) and model will need to reflect your environment parameters in order to execute successfully. Please reference the "ControlCenter_Scan" property in your XXX.ini file where XXX is the printer name in your Brother\BrLauncher directory for specific details.
Once the BAT file is working, you can then create a desktop shortcut to launch the CC4 Scan application in a single click.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlCenter4"\BrCc
Please note that the file path (double quotes required to escape spaces) and model will need to reflect your environment parameters in order to execute successfully. Please reference the "ControlCenter_Scan" property in your XXX.ini file where XXX is the printer name in your Brother\BrLauncher directory for specific details.
Once the BAT file is working, you can then create a desktop shortcut to launch the CC4 Scan application in a single click.
I became aware of this question from a more recent question:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29132740/make-desktop-shortcut-to-control-center-4-for-Brother-scanner.html
Dave's solution above is spot-on, although there's no need for a batch file...simply create a shortcut with Dave's command in the Target field of the shortcut. More details in this post:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29132740/make-desktop-shortcut-to-control-center-4-for-Brother-scanner.html?anchorAnswerId=42777492#a42777492
Regards, Joe
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29132740/make-desktop-shortcut-to-control-center-4-for-Brother-scanner.html
Dave's solution above is spot-on, although there's no need for a batch file...simply create a shortcut with Dave's command in the Target field of the shortcut. More details in this post:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29132740/make-desktop-shortcut-to-control-center-4-for-Brother-scanner.html?anchorAnswerId=42777492#a42777492
Regards, Joe
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We were hoping for a way to launch Control Center directly instead of having to first launch Brother Utilities and then launch Control Center from there.
I have tried the various .exe files in the \Program Files (x86)\Brother\ControlCente
The reason I'm asking at all is that a year ago we bought other Brother printers and they came with Control Center 4 (although I suspect an earlier version). When we ran the full install for all of them (a year ago), it created many more icons in the Start menu and one of them was to Control Center so I could just copy that to the desktop. So all of our users with the older printer have Control Center on their desktop but the three with the new printer no longer have it.