{"id":18422,"date":"2022-06-08T03:13:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T03:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18422"},"modified":"2022-06-08T03:13:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T03:13:07","slug":"open-control-panel-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-control-panel-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Common Ways to Open Control Panel in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyway to get the old Control Panel back to the desktop? How can I pin Control Panel to the Start Menu or taskbar? In this tutorial we’ll show you the most common ways to open Control Panel in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Put “Control Panel” Icon on the Desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Right-click on the blank space of the desktop, and choose Personalize<\/strong> from the context menu.\n

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  2. When the Settings app<\/a> opens to the Personalize page, click Themes<\/strong> on the right pane.\n

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  3. Under the Related settings section, click “Desktop icon settings<\/strong>“.\n

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  4. In the pop-up window, check the “Control Panel<\/strong>” option and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  5. The Control Panel icon will show up on your desktop, and you can double-click it to launch Control Panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Open Control Panel with Command Prompt or PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Press the WIN + R keys to open the Run dialog box, type control<\/strong> and hit Enter to access Control Panel.<\/p>\n

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    Or open a command-line tool (Windows Terminal<\/a>, Command Prompt<\/a> or PowerShell), type control<\/strong> and press Enter. It will bring up the classic Control Panel immediately.<\/p>\n

    Method 3: Pin Control Panel to Start Menu or Taskbar<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Click the Search<\/strong> icon (or the Start<\/strong> icon) on the taskbar, type control<\/strong> in the search field at the top.<\/p>\n

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    From the search results, you can click on the “Control Panel” app to open the Control Panel, pin it to Start Menu or taskbar for quick access.<\/p>\n

    Method 4: Add a Control Panel Shortcut<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Right-click on the blank space of the desktop, and choose New<\/strong> -> Shortcut<\/strong> from the pop-up menu.\n

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    2. Copy the below command and paste it in the location field. Click Next<\/strong>.
      \n%windir%\\System32\\control.exe<\/code><\/p>\n

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    3. Enter a meaningful name for this shortcut, and click Finish<\/strong>.\n

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    4. The “Control Panel” shortcut will appear on your desktop, and you can move it to any location you want.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Anyway to get the old Control Panel back to the desktop? How can I pin Control Panel to the Start Menu or taskbar? In this tutorial we’ll show you the most common ways to open Control Panel in Windows 11. Method 1: Put “Control Panel” Icon on the Desktop Right-click on the blank space of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4924,4923,4925],"class_list":["post-18422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-control-panel-shortcut-windows-11","tag-open-control-panel-windows-11","tag-windows-11-pin-control-panel-to-start"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18422","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=18422"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18437,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18422\/revisions\/18437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}