How to add Windows context menu link on the "Control Panel"

All important Windows settings are concentrated in the "Control Panel." Layfhaker tell you how to open it as simply and quickly.

Despite the emergence of a new Windows 10 interface of the operating system settings for some options still have to apply to the old "Control Panel". In this article we'll show you how you can add the Windows context menu command to access this item.

1. Open the Registry Editor. To do this, click on the "Start" button, start typing the word regedit and press the "Enter" key.

2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following address:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ Background \ shell. 

3. Now you need to create a new partition within the shell folder. To do this, click on the right mouse button and select in the context menu "Create» → «Forum». Give it a name Control Panel.

4. Create a section in Control Panel is another section called command. This is done in the same way as in the preceding paragraph.

5. In the command, double-click on the item "Default" in the right pane. Displays the properties window element, wherein the need in the field "Value" inscribe

The changes take effect immediately. To check, you can make a right click on the desktop or in the "Explorer". In the context menu, you will see a new item Control Panel, when you click on that to open the "Control Panel."

If you do not want to manually dig through the registry, you can download this file. There you will find a file, making the necessary data automatically. Simply unzip the contents and double-click the Add Control Panel to Context Menu.reg file. If you want to return everything as it was, then use the second file in the same archive.