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Win10 CU – Get Your Control Panel Icons Back

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April 23, 2017, 08:42(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

With the Windows 10 Creators Update some genius at Microsoft thought it would be fun to remove your Control Panel icons. I have seen several articles showing unnecessarily complicated steps to get them back. Use this program, edit the registry, etc.
It is very easy to get these icons back:

1 – Open File Explorer
2 – Click the View tab
3 – Click Options > Change folder and search options
4 – Scroll down and select Show all folders (click Apply)
5 – Control Panel now appears in the left window of File Explorer.
6 – To create shortcut click and hold on the Control Panel icon and drag it onto the desktop.
You can keep the shortcut there, move it, rename it, etc.
7 – There is also the standard right-click options.

Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 10

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  1. Ed says

    April 23, 2017, 09:15(EDT) at 09:15

    Or simply install Classic Shell!!

  2. Kelly says

    April 23, 2017, 11:08(EDT) at 11:08

    Thanks Eric for that information, but I still wish it could be under the right click of the start button.

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      April 23, 2017, 15:55(EDT) at 15:55

      http://winaero.com/download.php?view.21

  3. Vlad says

    April 23, 2017, 13:15(EDT) at 13:15

    When I work with any PC my setting re following:
    View -> Details
    Options
    General -> Privacy check both boxes
    View-> Hidden files and folders ->Show hidden…
    View-> Hidden files and folders -> Hide extensions for known…

    HTH

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      April 23, 2017, 15:59(EDT) at 15:59

      Here are mine:
      https://www.tweakhound.com/2015/12/09/tweaking-windows-10/8/

  4. srdowns says

    April 23, 2017, 14:36(EDT) at 14:36

    Pretty cool. Thanks.

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