I recently noticed that the control panel selection is missing from the Right Click context menu of the Windows Start menu. I’ve included a screen shot below. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. Or pin specific icons in Control Panel to your Start page Does not work for some icons. OK, if you right click the start button, a black, vertical listing pops up on the left side of my screen. Text only. What I’m trying to do is get the words “Control Panel” back into this list itself.

Preferably near the bottom next to Settings. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. I’ve just joined the Windows insider program. I’ve included a screen shot below I’ve not looked in to this further yet.

Thanks, Steve. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. That was one of the things changed in This is the moving to Settings. If things are a little beyond what is in Settings usually at the bottom of the page there is a link to the Control Panel.

Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User’s post on December 30, In reply to IanRG’s post on December 30, Correct I keep in on the Taskbar. I was just letting the OP know it was still there. In reply to lacrumb’s post on December 30, This is interesting, I experienced this just a few days ago when I upgraded my windows 10 to the “Creators update’.

Do microsoft want to retire the control panel entirely in time? If they want to do that, the Settings needs to be much more detailed than now. What will happen e. Also, how can we access custom items that were added in the control panel like Intel HD Graphics settings?

This is very confusing. Why do they need to change something that works The answers below offer workarounds. Is there a way to put control panel back on the list? Can anyone offer more detailed instructions than “Use Win-x editor”. In reply to StuartK47’s post on April 20, Type control panel in the start bar click on it and pin it to start as posted in this blog. Not in Tablet Mode. Can you pin it to the start screen as a tile, as I don’t have a tablet so I can’t test, my thoughts why MS have made it harder to find some settings is to help prevent people who don’t have the knowledge of computer systems from messing up things.

I have no problem finding it by typing it in the search bar, I just type c and it pops up in the list. As for getting things change this is what the Feedback Hub is for, just post your ideas, thoughts, solutions and this way people can upvote and MS may just change things.

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In reply to lacrumb’s post on December 30, This is interesting, I experienced this just a few days ago when I upgraded my windows 10 to the “Creators update’. Do microsoft want to retire the control panel entirely in time? If they want to do that, the Settings needs to be much more detailed than now.

What will happen e. Also, how can we access custom items that were added in the control panel like Intel HD Graphics settings? This is very confusing. Why do they need to change something that works The answers below offer workarounds.

Is there a way to put control panel back on the list? Can anyone offer more detailed instructions than “Use Win-x editor”. In reply to StuartK47’s post on April 20, Type control panel in the start bar click on it and pin it to start as posted in this blog.

Not in Tablet Mode. Can you pin it to the start screen as a tile, as I don’t have a tablet so I can’t test, my thoughts why MS have made it harder to find some settings is to help prevent people who don’t have the knowledge of computer systems from messing up things. I have no problem finding it by typing it in the search bar, I just type c and it pops up in the list.

Cancel Submit. DaveM Independent Advisor. Hi giiancarlo That is strange. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

In reply to DaveM’s post on March 25, Yes, I can get to Control Panel that way. Keith A. In reply to giiancarlo’s post on March 25, Do you have the “Windows System” folder in the Start Menu list? In reply to Keith A. Miller’s post on March 25, Tried clicking on my name at the top of the start menu and received the “Restrictions: This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.

Please contact your system administrator. Any help would be much appreciated. Welcome aboard. I ran MBRCheck, file is attached. Ran Combofix right after, and I noticed something. Microsoft Security Essentials was bringing this up, but it never left. Also MBAM didn’t detect it either. Control Panel is back. Thank you for your help and time.

I’ll keep this bookmarked just in case you see another problem in one of the attachments. Click to expand Had classes and work today. Takes a bit to get home. There is the text file. Restart computer. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so.

The scan wont take long. When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows: OTL. These are saved in the same location as OTL. Heh, can’t paste them, they’re 96k characters, forum allows 20k. Txt Interesting, Kaspersky found a few. We need to remove old Java version and its remnants Right click on JavaRa.

Then click Remove Older Versions.