Easier Access to Control Panel
Control Panel is certainly a useful and important piece of the Windows 8 package. It’s even more useful if you can get to it easily. In this section, we show you a few methods for gaining quick access to individual icons and the entire folder.
Access to many Control Panel icons is scattered throughout the Windows 8 interface, meaning that there’s more than one way to launch an icon. Many of these alternative methods are faster and more direct than using the Control Panel folder. Here’s a summary:
• Action Center—Click (or right-click) the Action Center icon in the notification area and then click Open Action Center.
• Administrative Tools—You can display these tools as a menu on the main Start screen. To learn how, ...
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