Problem Reports Shortcut - Create

    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create

    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create

    How to Create a "Problems Reports" Shortcut in Windows 7 and Windows 8
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    How to Create a "Problems Reports" Shortcut in Windows 7 and Windows 8

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    This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Problem Reports shortcut that you can use or pin where you like to quickly view problem report details that you have in Windows 7 and Windows 8.


    EXAMPLE: Problems Reports
    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create-problem_reports.jpg



    OPTION ONE

    To Download a "Problems Reports" Shortcut

    1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
    Problems_Reports.zip
    2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

    3. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the Problems Reports shortcut to your desktop.

    4. Unblock the Problems Reports shortcut.

    5. In Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    6. In Windows 8 and 8.1, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    7. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.





    OPTION TWO

    To Manually Create a "Problems Reports" Shortcut

    1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

    2. Copy and paste the command below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
    Code:
    %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}\pageProblems
    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create-step1.jpg
    3. Type Problems Reports for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create-step2.jpg
    4. Right click or press and hold on the new Problems Reports shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.

    5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create-step3.jpg
    6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", type the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
    %windir%\System32\ActionCenterCPL.dll
    Problem Reports Shortcut - Create-step4.jpg
    7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
    NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.

    8. In Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    9. In Windows 8 and 8.1, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
    That's it,
    Shawn





  1. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #1

    Excellent Brink - that will be very useful in helping troubleshoot for people here.
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  2. Posts : 8,679
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2

    Interesting. Nice one Shawn.
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  3. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks guys. :)
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  4. Posts : 2,177
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #4

    Good stuff!

    I'm sure i will find good use for this :)
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