Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create

    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create

    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create

    How to Create a Control Panel Shortcut that Always Opens to Category View in Windows 7 and Windows 8
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    How to Create a Control Panel Shortcut that Always Opens to Category View in Windows 7 and Windows 8

       Information
    This will show you how to create a Control Panel shortcut that will always open in Category view in Windows 7 and Windows 8.


    EXAMPLE: Control Panel Category View
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-cp_category_view.jpg




    OPTION ONE

    To Download the "Control Panel Category View" Shortcut

    1. Click on the download button below to download the file below
    Control_Panel_Category_View.zip
    2. Save the .zip file to the desktop.

    3. Open the .zip file and extract the Control Panel Category View shortcut to the desktop.

    4. Right click on the Control Panel Category View shortcut, and click on Properties, General tab, and on the Unblock button. (See screenshot below)
    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.
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-unblock.jpg
    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, 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 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 "Control Panel Category View" Shortcut

    1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

    2. Type the location below into the location area, and click on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
    %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-step1.jpg
    3. Type Control Panel Category View for the name, and click on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-step2.jpg
    4. Right click on the new Control Panel Category View shortcut on the Desktop and click on Properties.

    5. Click on the Shortcut tab, then click on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-step3.jpg
    6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", type in the location below and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
    %windir%\System32\imageres.dll
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-step4.jpg
    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)
    Control Panel Category View Shortcut - Create-step5.jpg
    9. 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.

    10. In Windows 8, 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

    Very nice - another quality tut from Brink
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  2. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #2

    Thank you Golden. :)
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  3. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #3

    I think you may have got the manual shortcut wrong. It opens in icon view for me.
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  4. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Sorry about that Keith. It has been corrected.
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  5. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #5

    No problem Shawn. I used the download instead.
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