He's been in love with technology since his earliest memories of writing simple computer programs with his grandfather, but his tech writing career took shape back in 2007 when he joined the Lifehacker team as their very first intern. Jason has over a decade of experience in publishing and has penned thousands of articles during his time at LifeSavvy, Review Geek, How-To Geek, and Lifehacker. Prior to that, he was the Founding Editor of Review Geek. Prior to his current role, Jason spent several years as Editor-in-Chief of LifeSavvy, How-To Geek's sister site focused on tips, tricks, and advice on everything from kitchen gadgets to home improvement. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the site to ensure readers have the most up-to-date information on everything from operating systems to gadgets. Jason Fitzpatrick is the Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek.
CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUT KEY WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 10
If you get in the habit of jumping to the Control Panel entry you want with the shortcuts, then it doesn't matter if the entry moves significantly between Windows 7, 8, 10, and whatever updates come with Windows 10 or further Windows iterations-you'll never waste time looking for entry you want again. Every one of these tools, all of which end in the file extension *.cpl, is directly accessible via the Run Dialog box and command line.Įven better, there is very little change in names of these files over time-many of the *.cpl entries haven't changed since the days of Windows 95. Unbeknownst to most people, the Control Panel is merely a big panel of shortcuts pointing back to a collection of individual Control Panel tools parked in the Windows directory. Plus, these will work great if your Start menu is borked for some reason.įortunately there's a handy little geek trick (and we like geek tricks) you can call on that makes it entirely irrelevant where the item you're looking for is buried in the Control Panel (or even what the menu it's buried under is named). Nonetheless even then it can be a bit of a guessing game to get to exactly where you want to go. Now, in fairness to Microsoft, even though they move stuff around all the time they have done a pretty good job making it relatively intuitive to type search terms into the search box in the Start Menu to find them (even if where those items end up being is different from where you recalled). Related: Seven Ways to Open the Windows Task Manager
While we're sure there's a design reason behind something as trivial (but annoying) as moving the location of the "Power Options" or "Time and Date" menu between Windows versions, it's incredibly annoying when you navigate the Control Panel in what should be a familiar route, only to find you can't locate the thing you're looking for. This is usually, thanks to the way Microsoft shuffles the location of things within the Control Panel, when people immediately (and understandably) start complaining about how they can't find anything.
CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUT KEY WINDOWS 7 INSTALL
One of the first things most people do when booting up a new computer (or after a fresh install of Windows) is head over to the Control Panel to make changes to the way Windows looks, the way their mouse and keyboard functions, and to otherwise personalize their Windows experience.
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