How to Create a Settings shortcut in Windows 10


Most of the settings you'll want to change in Windows 10 are in Settings. Settings is organized into the separate System, Devices, Network & Internet, Personalization, Apps, Accounts, Time & language, Gaming, Ease of Access, Privacy, Update & security, Mixed reality, and Cortana categories with each their own page of settings. You can click/tap on a category to view and change more settings for that category.

This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Settings shortcut that you can use anywhere in Windows 10.


Contents




EXAMPLE: Settings
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OPTION ONE

To Download a Settings Shortcut


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

Settings_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 Manually Create a Settings Shortcut


1 Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

1 Copy and paste the explorer ms-settings: location into the location area, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

See also: List of Shortcuts to Directly Open Pages in Settings in Windows 10

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3 Type Settings for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)

You could name this shortcut anything you would like though.

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4 Right click or press and hold on the new Settings shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.

5 Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)

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5 In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

%windir%\System32\shell32.dll

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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, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.


That's it,
Shawn


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