How To Add Control Panel To The Right Click Desktop Menu

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However, what if you want to add the Control Panel to the right click desktop menu, then all you need to do is:

Step-1 Open the Windows Registry.

Step-2 Browse to the following Windows Registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell

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Step-3 Right click on the Shell key in the left panel and create a new key and name it Control Panel and then create another sub key within Control Panel and call it command:

Step-4 Double click on the (Default) String key in the right panel and change its data to:

Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

Step-5 Now when you right click on your desktop, you will notice that Control Panel has added to the right click context menu:

Step-6 Clicking on the Control Panel option will open up the control panel on the screen:

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