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Problem Reports Shortcut - Create

How to Create a "Problems Reports" Shortcut in Windows 7
Published by Brink
09-13-2011
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How to Create a "Problems Reports" Shortcut in Windows 7

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This will show you how to create or download a Problem Reports shortcut to quickly view problem report details that you have in Windows 7.


EXAMPLE: Problems Reports
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OPTION ONE

To Download the "Problems Reports" Shortcut
1. Click on the Download button below to download the file below.
Problems_Reports.zip
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2. Click on Save, and save the .zip file to the desktop.

3. Open the .zip file and extract the Problems Reports shortcut to the desktop.

4. Right click on the Problems Reports shortcut, and click on Properties, General tab, and on the Unblock button.
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5.

5. You can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move it where you like for easy use.

6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file on the desktop if you like, or save it to use again.






OPTION TWO

To Manually Create the "Problems Reports" Shortcut
1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

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

5. Click on the Shortcut tab, then click on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
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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
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7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above and click on OK. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.

8. Click on OK. (see screenshot below)
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9. You can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move it where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn



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09-13-2011   #1
Golden


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, LinuxMint 9 LTS x64, Debian 6, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x64
 
 


Excellent Brink - that will be very useful in helping troubleshoot for people here.

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09-13-2011   #2
StalkeR


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
 
 


Interesting. Nice one Shawn.
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09-13-2011   #3
Brink


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 


Thanks guys.
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09-13-2011   #4
JDobbsy1987


Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit
 
 


Good stuff!

I'm sure i will find good use for this
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