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Q. Is there an easy way to get shortcuts to popular Control Panel applets on my desktop or in folders?
John Savill
May 9, 2010
1 Min Read
A. In a previous FAQ, I talked about GodMode, which you can use by creating an empty folder with a special name. You can create other special folders that will create a link to a Control Panel applet:
ASSEMBLIES.\{1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43\}
BIOMETRIC.\{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428\}
CREDENTIALS.\{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70\}
DEFAULTS.\{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966\}
DISPLAY.\{C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A\}
DRIVES.\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D\}
FIREWALL.\{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423\}
LOCATION.\{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33\}
NETWORK.\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D\}
NETWORKAPPS.\{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4\}
NOTIFICATION.\{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9\}
PERFORMANCE.\{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC\}
POWER.\{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D\}
PRINTERS.\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D\}
REMOTE.\{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B\}
WIRELESS.\{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87\}
Just create an empty folder and rename it to one of the names above to create a link anywhere to the Control Panel applet of choice. Note that what you’re actually doing here is creating junction points that link to the various namespaces.
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