How to Create a Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10
All Tasks is a list of all available Control Panel items on your PC.
This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Control Panel All Tasks (aka "God mode") shortcut in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: To Download "Control Panel All Tasks" Shortcut
- Option Two: To Create "Control Panel All Tasks" Shortcut
- Option Three: To Create "Control Panel All Tasks" Folder Shortcut
EXAMPLE: Control Panel All Tasks
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1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .zip file below.
2 Save the .zip file to your desktop.
3 Unblock the .zip file..
4 Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the shortcut to your desktop.
5 You can Pin to Taskbar, Pin to Start, add to All apps, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
6 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.
1 Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.
2 Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
3 Type Control Panel All Tasks for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
You could name this shortcut anything you would like though.
4 Right click or press and hold on the new shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.
5 Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
6 In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\System32\imageres.dll
7 Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
You could use any icon that you would like instead though.
8 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 5)
9 You can Pin to Taskbar, Pin to Start, add to All apps, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
1 Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, then click/tap on New and Folder.
2 Copy the name below.
Control Panel All Tasks.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
3 Right click on the New Folder, click on Rename, paste the name above, and press Enter.
4 You can Pin to Start, add to All apps, Pin to Quick access, add to Quick Launch, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn
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