![]() Additional applets are provided by third parties, such as audio and video drivers, VPN tools, input devices, and networking tools.Ĭontrol Panel has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0, with each successive version introducing new applets. It consists of a set of applets that include adding or removing hardware and software, controlling user accounts, changing accessibility options, and accessing networking settings. 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.Control Panel is a component of Microsoft Windows that provides the ability to view and change system settings. 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. 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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