If you're a tech news follower, you might have seen this listed recently as a "God mode" explorer hack. But that is, as Ed Bott points out, kind of ridiculous. It's merely a kind of back-alley way of ...

Windows has removed the Control Panel entry from the WinX Menu. You now see an item which opens Settings. The WinX Menu is the one which pops up when you right-click on the Start Button. Microsoft ...

The Windows Control Panel allows you to control all the settings for your computer. Microsoft is planning to move all these controls over to Windows Settings, but I guess that will still take some ...

In Windows 8, Microsoft created an additional PC Settings section that you can use to customize some settings related to the Windows Start Screen and other basic settings. If you wish to gain access ...

Last week the blogosphere went temporarily insane over a simple GUID that displays a list of Control Panel shortcuts. It's not even close to deserving the "God mode" label, but I'm still hearing about ...

This link was passed on to me so I'll pass it along. I found it useful since I didn't know these shortcuts already. Type the following at the command prompt:<BR><BR ...

Windows 11 has its fair share of annoyances, but nothing bugs me more than trying to find specific system settings. Microsoft has been trying to phase out the Control Panel for over a decade, pushing ...

For some reason that only the gods of the blogosphere can explain, an old Windows trick took on new life this week. If you create a new folder using an arbitrary name, followed by a period and the ...

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page. The SYSTEM ...

We all know Windows 10 is a continuously evolving operating system with regular changes made over the course of its release cycle. It seems those changes are extending to the Control Panel, the ...

G.SKILL has announced the launch of its WigiDash PC Command Panel, a customizable widget desktop shortcut controller. Offering an easy way to not only monitor your PC system but also have instant ...