control.exe

Call of rundll32.exe

Behind the scene, control.exe simply calls rundll32.exe like so:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

The /name argument specifies the canonical name of a control panel item that should be opened.

For example, to open the device manager (devmgmt.msc):

C:\> control /name microsoft.deviceManager

type …	to open …
`control.exe desktop`	Display Properties
`control.exe color`	Display Properties with Appearance tab selected
`control.exe date/time`	Date and Time Properties
`control.exe international`	Regional and Language Options
`control.exe mouse`	Mouse Properties
`control.exe keyboard`	Keyboard Properties
`control.exe printers`	Printer and Faxes folder
`control.exe fonts`	Fonts folder
`control.exe folders`	Folder Options
`control.exe netware`	Novell NetWare (if installed)
`control.exe telephony`	Phone and Modem Options
`control.exe admintools`	Administrative Tools
`control.exe schedtasks`	Scheduled Tasks
`control.exe netconnections`	Network Connections
`control.exe userpasswords`	User Accounts (see also here)
`control.exe userpasswords2`	Seems to be equivalent to `Netplwiz.exe`