The Control Panel in Windows is one of the most useful tools on your desktop. To make it even easier to get there, you can add it to your right-click menu from anywhere with a simple tweak to your ...

Here check if .cpl files are set to open with the default Windows Control Panel. If not set it so. In Windows 11, you may not find the Set Associations button under the Programs tab in the ...

1] Open Control Panel in Elevated Mode using Shortcut. Since Control Panel doesn’t already have a desktop shortcut, you need to create one for Control Panel so that it will run in elevated mode.

Windows 11’s latest preview build, version 22523, introduces key changes as part of the company’s “ongoing effort to bring over settings from Control Panel into the Settings app.” Microsoft ...

Microsoft continues to chip away at the venerable Windows 10 Control Panel by now testing the redirection of the 'Program and Features' control panel to the modern 'Apps & Features' Settings page.

The classic Control Panel is still available in Windows 11, and you can use it to access Programs and Features if you prefer clicking to typing. To open the Control Panel , press the Windows key ...

How to make Windows Media Player the default player for music in Windows 8. In Windows 8, Windows Media Player is no longer the default program to open your music files such as MP3 files.

After reading last week’s post on restoring the classic All Programs menu in Windows 7, reader Bill wrote to say he has “a lot of problems with the Windows 7 Control Panel,” and wants the ...

If you don't see the app you want to use (and it's not an app from the Windows Store), you'll need to go into the Control Panel to set that program as the default. For more information on how to ...

The Programs and Features tab has been dropped from Control Panel in the latest Windows 10 build, as Microsoft continues to shrink one of its most useful features.

Windows only: If you stumble upon unwanted Windows programs, you usually have to head all the way to the Control Panel to remove it. MenuUninstaller adds an "Uninstall" option to the Windows ...