Finding and opening the Control Panel in Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7 is a handy skill in many scenarios. Here we reveal how to do it in a few steps quickly.

Knowing how to find the Control Panel in Windows 10 gives you access to most of the tools you'll use to customize or adjust your computer.

Learn how to open or run Control Panel as Administrator in elevated mode in Windows 11/10 using any one of these two methods.

In this guide, we detail the steps to include access to Control Panel inside the Windows 10 File Explorer.

But thanks to three little workarounds, you can still access the older System Control Panel we all know and love—for now. To get started, pull up the Control Panel in Windows 10.

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.

This tip will show you how to pin Control Panel to Taskbar or Start Menu in Windows 11/10 to get easy access to Control Panel applets.

With the right code and edits to the Registry File, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer.

The Control Panel can command programs that support multiple formats to open all applicable file types.