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    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10

    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10

    How to Create a Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10
    Published by Category: Customization
    11 Apr 2020
    Designer Media Ltd

    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
    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-all_tasks-1.jpg Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-all_tasks-2.jpg
    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-all_tasks-3.jpg Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-all_tasks-4.jpg






    OPTION ONE

    To Download "Control Panel All Tasks" Shortcut


    1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .zip file below.

    Control_Panel_All_Tasks_shortcut.zip

    Download

    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.






    OPTION TWO

    To Create "Control Panel All Tasks" Shortcut


    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}

    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-new_shortcut-1.jpg

    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.

    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-new_shortcut-2.jpg

    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)

    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-new_shortcut-3.jpg

    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

    Create Control Panel All Tasks Shortcut in Windows 10-new_shortcut-4.jpg

    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.






    OPTION THREE

    To Create "Control Panel All Tasks" Folder Shortcut


    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






  1. Posts : 696
    Windows 10 Build 14267
       #1

    Thanks !

    :)
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  2. Posts : 17,838
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       #2

    Hey Shawn, where's the Metro version?!
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  3. Posts : 68,678
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       #3

    Edwin said:
    Hey Shawn, where's the Metro version?!


    Create Settings shortcut in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials
    Last edited by Brink; 01 Apr 2018 at 20:15. Reason: updated link
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  4. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #4

    Brink said:
    Edwin said:
    Hey Shawn, where's the Metro version?!


    Create Settings shortcut in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials
    Good answer! Ten points! :)
    Last edited by Brink; 01 Apr 2018 at 20:15. Reason: updated link
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  5. Posts : 194
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       #5

    Control Panel tasks


    Edwin said:
    Good answer! Ten points! :)
    Are you guys re-inventing GodMode
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  6. Posts : 68,678
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       #6

    Hello Roger,

    Not sure what you mean?
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  7. Posts : 194
    Win10
       #7

    Control Panel tasks


    Brink said:
    Hello Roger,

    Not sure what you mean?
    GodMode lists 252 CP items in Win8.1 and Win10 has a list of 245 items. It's hard to believe that anything has been left out
    I've been using it since Ed Bott published it, in Win7, Win8.1 and now in Win10. What does it miss that's causing concern
    Have I been missing something all these years
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  8. Posts : 17,838
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       #8

    I never really used or needed GodMode up until they started depreciating Control Panel features in Build 10074.
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  9. Posts : 68,678
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Roger,

    Yeah, as more and more Control Panel items get deprecated, the "All tasks" (God Mode) list will shrink. Eventually, everything will be in the Setting app instead. However, I'm sure that there will still be ways to open these items directly.
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