5 Cách Mở Control Panel Win 10, Cách Vào, Truy Cập Control Panel Trên Windows 10

17 ways to open Control Panel

Windows 10, Windows 1117 ways to open Control Panel in Windows 11 and Windows 10

Where is the Control Panel in Windows 10? What about in Windows 11? How do you open the Control Panel? How many ways are there to open it? To answer these questions, we did a bit of testing and experimentation. We had to do that because, both in Windows 11 and Windows 10, the Control Panel is hidden compared to Microsoft’s older operating systems, like Windows 7. We managed to compile a list of seventeen different ways to open the Control Panel. Let’s see all of them, starting with the obvious ones and ending with the geekier methods:

Quick Steps
How to open Control Panel using search
Click or tap the search button, or the search box from the taskbar if you’re on Windows 10.Then start typing “control panel” and click or tap the “Control Panel” search result or select it and press Open on the right pane.

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NOTE: We wrote this tutorial using Windows 11 build 22000.160 and Windows 10 with May 2021 Update. If you are using older versions of Windows 11 or Windows 10, some things might look differently. Most methods to open Control Panel are the same in both operating systems. However, when a method works only in one of them, we clearly state it in its title.

1. How to open Control Panel in Windows 11 or Windows 10 using search

One of the fastest ways to start anything in Windows 11 and Windows 10 is to use the search feature. Click or tap the search button, or the search box from the taskbar if you’re on Windows 10. Alternatively you can also just press the Windows key on your keyboard. Then start typing “control panel” and click or tap the “Control Panel” search result or select it and press Open on the right pane.

Open Control Panel in Windows 11 using search

2. Launch the Control Panel using the Settings app from Windows 11 or Windows 10

An alternative, yet a bit lengthier way of using search to open the Control Panel involves using the Settings app. In Windows 11, open Settings and type “control panel” in the search field found on the top-left side of the window. Then, click or tap on the Control Panel result.

Open Control Panel in Windows 11 using the search from Settings

In Windows 10, open Settings and type “control panel” in the search field found at the top-center area of the app. Once the search results are shown, click or tap on the Control Panel result.

Open Control Panel in Windows 10 from Settings

3. Open Control Panel in Windows 10 using its Start Menu shortcut

A straightforward way of opening the Control Panel in Windows 10 is from the Start Menu. Unfortunately, this method doesn’t work in Windows 11.

In Windows 10, click or tap on the Start button or press the Windows key on your keyboard. In the Start Menu, scroll down to the Windows System folder. There, you should find a Control Panel shortcut: click or tap on it, and the Control Panel is launched.

There’s a Control Panel shortcut in Windows 10’s Start Menu

4. How to open Control Panel in Windows 11 using the Start Menu Windows Tools

In Windows 11, there’s a new shortcut called Windows Tools in the Start Menu. You can use it to get to the Control Panel. Open the Start Menu by clicking/tapping on the Windows logo on the taskbar, or press the Windows key on your keyboard. Then, open the All apps list and scroll down until you find the Windows Tools shortcut. Click or tap on it.

Windows 11 has a Windows Tools shortcut in its Start Menu

The Windows Tools shortcut opens the Control Panel and automatically takes you to its Windows Tools category. You can now click or tap on the Control Panel shortcut.

Click or tap on Control Panel in the address bar

5. Pin a Control Panel shortcut to your taskbar or Start Menu in Windows 11 or Windows 10

To access the Control Panel quickly, you might want to pin a shortcut for it in a place where you get to see it without effort. Some areas where you should consider pinning it are the taskbar or the Start Menu.

To do that in Windows 11 or Windows 10, search for the Control Panel as we’ve shown you in the first method from this tutorial. Then, right-click or press-and-hold on the Control Panel shortcut, and then select either “Pin to taskbar” or “Pin to Start,” depending on what you prefer.

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Pin a Control Panel shortcut to the Start Menu or the taskbar in Windows 11

6. Add a Control Panel desktop icon in Windows 11 or Windows 10

You can also add a Control Panel icon on your desktop. Regardless of whether you use Windows 11 or Windows 10, open the Settings app, go to Personalization, access Themes, and then click or tap on “Desktop icon settings.”

Getting to the Desktop icon settings

Finally, select the Control Panel desktop icon and press OK.

Adding a Control Panel shortcut using the Desktop Icon Settings

7. Create a Control Panel shortcut, in Windows 11 or Windows 10

In a similar fashion, you can also simply create a shortcut that opens the Control Panel and save it anywhere you want. It can be on your desktop, as well as in a folder. We’ve detailed the steps for creating a shortcut in this tutorial - the basic steps are: right-click or press-and-hold on an empty space on your desktop or in a folder, go to New in the contextual menu, and select Shortcut. Then, in the Create Shortcut wizard, point your new shortcut to “%windir%System32control.exe”, give it a name (Control Panel, for instance), and save it.

Manually create a Control Panel shortcut

8. How to open Control Panel in Windows 11 or Windows 10, using a shortcut from our collection

If you’d rather get an already-made Control Panel shortcut, know that we’ve assembled one of the most extensive collections of shortcuts for Windows. Download and extract it, and, inside, find the shortcut for the Control Panel in the “Windows 10 -> Administration Tools” subfolder. Note that this shortcut works both for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

The Control Panel shortcut found in our collection

9. Open Control Panel using File Explorer’s address bar, in Windows 11 and Windows 10

An ingenious way to start the Control Panel is to use the File Explorer. Open File Explorer and click or tap on the first caret button from the folder path bar at the top.

The first caret button from File Explorer’s address bar

In the menu that shows up, select Control Panel to open it.

Starting the Control Panel from File Explorer

The Control Panel is now open, and you can use it as required.

10. Get Control Panel in File Explorer’s folders list, in Windows 11 and Windows 10

File Explorer offers yet another easy method to open the Control Panel that works both in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Open File Explorer’s Folder Options window, select the View tab, enable “Show all folders” at the end of the “Advanced settings” list, and then click or tap on OK.

The Show all folders option from File Explorer’s Folder Options

As soon as you do that, File Explorer shows an entry point for Control Panel in the navigation area. Click or tap on it, and the Control Panel opens.

Control Panel is found in File Explorer’s navigation pane

11. Open Control Panel by running the control.exe file, in Windows 11 and Windows 10

The executable file for the Control Panel is control.exe. Both in Windows 11 and Windows 10, you can find it in the Windows folder in the System32 subfolder. Double-click or tap on it and the Control Panel is launched immediately.