Four Ways You Can Still Open the Control Panel in Windows 10 banner Four Ways You Can Still Open the Control Panel in Windows 10 banner end Andre Da Costa | April 22, 2017 in How-To
The classic Control Panel, which has been a part of Windows since version 3.0, is finally in its sunset years. With each revision of Windows 10, Microsoft is slowly deprecating many of the items found in Control Panel and replacing them with modern interfaces found in the new Settings app. The Settings app has almost superseded Control Panel, but there are still a few tasks that you can only perform from Control Panel. The latest revision called the Creators Update, takes it even further, adding new categories for managing Apps and changing Themes, among other changes. If you need to access the Control Panel in Windows 10 for one of the holdout settings, or if you just prefer the classic Control Panel interface, here's how you get to it. Find the Old Control Panel in Windows 10 Its absence from the Power menu is the latest sign that the Control Panel is on its way out. When you press Windows key + X, you will now find only the Settings menu. The Control Panel is still around, just hidden from view. Save The first method you can use to launch it is the run command. Press Windows key + R then type: control then hit Enter. Voila, the Control Panel is back; you can right-click on it, then click Pin to Taskbar for convenient access. Save Another way you can access the Control Panel is from within File Explorer. Clicking in the Address Bar provides a quick link to Control Panel and other locations. Save Search is another way you can find it. Click Start, type: control panel then hit Enter. Save You can also add a shortcut to Control Panel on the desktop. Open Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes, under Related Settings, click Desktop icon settings. Check the box for Control Panel, click Apply then OK. Save There you have it, the Control Panel is back! >From your humble pinhead! Owner of the Windows 10 and Jaws group. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
