{"id":16957,"date":"2021-04-20T02:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2021-04-20T02:07:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:07:39","slug":"add-control-panel-to-this-pc-in-windows-10-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/add-control-panel-to-this-pc-in-windows-10-file-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Steps to Add Control Panel to &#8216;This PC&#8217; in Windows 10 File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to frequently use Control Panel, you can add it to the &#8220;This PC&#8221; section of File Explorer for quick access. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll walk you through the steps of adding Control Panel to File Explorer in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Add Control Panel to File Explorer in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Registry Editor<\/a>, copy and paste the following path in the address bar and then press the Enter key on your keyboard to get there.<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MyComputer\\NameSpace<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/namespace.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/namespace.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/namespace-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tNext, right-click on the <strong>NameSpace<\/strong> key and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Rename the newly-created key as <strong>{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rename-registry-key.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rename-registry-key.png 549w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rename-registry-key-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor and relaunch File Explorer. The &#8220;<strong>Control Panel<\/strong>&#8221; item will appear under the <code>Devices and drives<\/code> section.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/add-control-panel-to-file-explorer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/add-control-panel-to-file-explorer.png 574w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/add-control-panel-to-file-explorer-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tYou can click the &#8220;<strong>Control Panel<\/strong>&#8221; item and open it to either Category view or Large\/Small icon view.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/control-panel-view-by-options.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/control-panel-view-by-options.png 594w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/control-panel-view-by-options-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you later want to remove Control Panel from the &#8220;This PC&#8221; section of File Explorer, just open the same registry location and delete the new key you created. 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