{"id":15979,"date":"2020-06-12T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=15979"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:00:18","slug":"access-private-character-editor-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/access-private-character-editor-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Ways to Access Private Character Editor in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Private Character Editor is a hidden tool included with all versions of Windows. It allows you to create your own characters, symbols or fonts and use them in your document. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you different ways to access Private Character Editor in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/private-character-editor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/private-character-editor.png 555w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/private-character-editor-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Open Private Character Editor via Run Command<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Press <strong>Windows<\/strong> + <strong>R<\/strong> keys to launch the Run dialog, and then type <strong>eudcedit<\/strong>. Once pressing Enter, Private Character Editor will open up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/eudcedit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/eudcedit.png 401w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/eudcedit-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Open Private Character Editor via Cortana Search<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; into the Cortana search box on the taskbar, and then click on the Private Character Editor shortcut to start the program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-cortana.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-cortana.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-cortana-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Open Private Character Editor via Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/9-ways-to-open-control-panel-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Control Panel<\/a> and type &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; in the Search box in the upper right corner, then you can click on the Private Character Editor shortcut in the list of results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-control-panel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"245\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-control-panel.png 551w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-control-panel-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 4: Open Private Character Editor via Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Press <strong>Windows<\/strong> + <strong>I<\/strong> keys to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch the Settings app<\/a>, and then click inside the Search box and type &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/open-character-editor-via-settings-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can access Private Character Editor from the listed result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 5: Create a Desktop Shortcut for Private Character Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right-click any blank area on the desktop and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Shortcut<\/strong>. In the Create Shortcut wizard, type the follow location and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<code>%windir%\\system32\\eudcedit.exe<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/private-character-editor-shortcut.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/private-character-editor-shortcut.png 575w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/private-character-editor-shortcut-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Name the shortcut &#8220;Private Character Editor&#8221; and you&#8217;re good to go.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Character Editor is a hidden tool included with all versions of Windows. It allows you to create your own characters, symbols or fonts and use them in your document. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you different ways to access Private Character Editor in Windows 10. Method 1: Open Private Character Editor via Run Command [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[4489,4490],"class_list":["post-15979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-private-character-editor","tag-private-character-editor-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15979"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15992,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15979\/revisions\/15992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}