How to Create an "Ease of Access Center" Shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

   Information
This tutorial will show you how to create or download an Ease of Access Center shortcut that you can use or pin where you like in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.


EXAMPLE: Ease of Access Center
Ease of Access Center Shortcut - Create-ease_of_access_center.jpg



OPTION ONE

To Download an "Ease of Access Center" Shortcut


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

3. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the Ease of Access Center shortcut to your desktop.

4. Unblock the Ease of Access Center shortcut.
Ease of Access Center Shortcut - Create-unblock.jpg
5. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) 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 finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.






OPTION TWO

To Manually Create an "Ease of Access Center" 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 either location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (See screenshot below)
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}

OR

%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl
Ease of Access Center Shortcut - Create-step1.jpg
3. Type Ease of Access Center for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
Ease of Access Center Shortcut - Create-step2.jpg
4. Right click on the new Ease of Access Center shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.

5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (See screenshot below)
Ease of Access Center 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)
%SystemRoot%\System32\accessibilitycpl.dll
Ease of Access Center 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. Click/tap on OK. (See screenshot below)
Ease of Access Center Shortcut - Create-step5.jpg
9. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) 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


Related Tutorials