How to Add or Remove Control Panel on Win+X Menu in Windows 10  

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  1. Posts : 2
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       #40

    Thank you Brink! That was so easy it was stupid (on my part)... Thanks again!
    Brink said:
    Hello Bulldog, and welcome to Ten Forums.

    If you like, you can follow the steps in the tutorial to undo that and use what you wanted instead.
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       #41

    You're most welcome.
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  3. Posts : 519
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       #42

    How would I modify the registry file to have both control panel and settings on the Win+X menu?
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       #43

    bamajon1974 said:
    How would I modify the registry file to have both control panel and settings on the Win+X menu?
    You can do so by having them in a separate group.

    I have Settings in Group2 (middle), and Control Panel in Group1 (bottom).
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       #44

    Or if I wanted them to be in the same group, use the tutorial below to create an appropriate custom hashed shortcut for the control panel?
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       #45

    bamajon1974 said:
    Or if I wanted them to be in the same group, use the tutorial below to create an appropriate custom hashed shortcut for the control panel?
    If you meant the tutorial below, then yes you could do that to have them in the same group.

    Add Custom Shortcuts to Win+X Quick Link Menu in Windows 10
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       #46

    Ok I will try out this evening on my laptop.

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    In the ZIP file for the appropriately hashed Win+X shortcuts, settings has a 4- before the settings name. What does that number mean? Is it a position indicator?
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       #47

    bamajon1974 said:
    Ok I will try out this evening on my laptop.

    - - - Updated - - -

    In the ZIP file for the appropriately hashed Win+X shortcuts, settings has a 4- before the settings name. What does that number mean? Is it a position indicator?

    I can't remember what it is for, but it's just what was used by default in Windows 10.

    To add a custom shortcut to have both in the same group, the name of the custom shortcut would need to be different.
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       #48

    So... I downloaded the Control Panel zipfile, and followed the instructions. It did not replace the existing shortcut because it was named differently ("Control &Panel"), so I deleted the original Windows Settings shortcut (displayed as "Control Panel"), then renamed the new shortcut to "Control Panel". I didn't bother to restart, but upon right-clicking Start, then clicking "Settings", I got an error message indicating that it couldn't find "4 - Control Panel"--interesting, since the original shortcut didn't display that way, but a clue...

    I then deleted the "Control Panel" shortcut, went back to the zipfile, extracted the replacement shortcut again, and this time renamed it "4 - Control Panel". Copied it into the target directory, and interestingly, it displayed only as "Control Panel". I then tested it, and it opened Control Panel. Still "Settings" in menu, but that changed to "Control Panel" (no underlined P) upon Windows restart. Works for me.

    Bottom line is that I believe the shortcut needs to be renamed in your zipfile. I haven't tried renaming it to "4 - Control &Panel" to see whether that might underline the P, but I suspect it might just generate the same error as my initial attempt.
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       #49

    Bruce137 said:
    So... I downloaded the Control Panel zipfile, and followed the instructions. It did not replace the existing shortcut because it was named differently ("Control &Panel"), so I deleted the original Windows Settings shortcut (displayed as "Control Panel"), then renamed the new shortcut to "Control Panel". I didn't bother to restart, but upon right-clicking Start, then clicking "Settings", I got an error message indicating that it couldn't find "4 - Control Panel"--interesting, since the original shortcut didn't display that way, but a clue...

    I then deleted the "Control Panel" shortcut, went back to the zipfile, extracted the replacement shortcut again, and this time renamed it "4 - Control Panel". Copied it into the target directory, and interestingly, it displayed only as "Control Panel". I then tested it, and it opened Control Panel. Still "Settings" in menu, but that changed to "Control Panel" (no underlined P) upon Windows restart. Works for me.

    Bottom line is that I believe the shortcut needs to be renamed in your zipfile. I haven't tried renaming it to "4 - Control &Panel" to see whether that might underline the P, but I suspect it might just generate the same error as my initial attempt.

    Hello Bruce, and welcome to Ten Forums.

    I just tested this on my system to see if anything may have changed, but having both Settings ("4 - Control Panel) and Control Panel ("Control &Panel") in the middle section still worked for me.

    Renaming the shortcut will break it.

    It is required to restart the explorer process, or sign out and sign in to apply.
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