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Win10 CU – Get Your Control Panel Icons Back

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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:
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Patch Tuesday Morning

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I’m taking off for a few days. I’ll leave you with this stuff…

Win10 Creators Update Official
This will hit Windows Update starting today. Because Win10 Windows Update is a Charlie Foxtrot, you may not be offered this for a while.
Watch the Windows Blog for the official announcment.
Watch Neowin for more download links.
Watch Ask Woody for watches, warnings, and upgrade advice.
Update and/or get official ISO here so you can update on your timetable: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
I wouldn’t be in a hurry to update. Backup before proceeding!

Time To Run Windows Update
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history

Hasta La Vista, Baby!
Windows Vista is dead. Good riddance!

Storage Deals
Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day: Save up to 35% on select SanDisk memory products
Some great deals on Flash Drives, SSDs, and Memory Cards.

Adobe Acrobat And Flash Updated
Security updates.
Download Flash
Download Reader

Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire
“Last October, Microsoft announced that the third major feature update for Windows 10 would be marketed as the Creators Update. And it created, ahem, a video showing off new features that would arrive in that update.
That video is a lie.”
Fact Check: Microsoft’s Creators Update Introduction Video