Windows 8 Control Panel Shortcuts

Wanna know something cool about the Control Panel? Several of it’s most used features can be accessed directly from the run prompt and without the need of going into the Control Panel in the first place. How? Well, you can do this by opening the run prompt, typing the feature you want to access and then hitting enter. Of course, there are several that are different than previous versions of Windows (like the user’s interface – no longer exists)

Now, the list of available commands are:

Accessibility controls	access.cpl
System properties	sysdm.cpl
Add/Remove programs	appwiz.cpl
Date and Time	timedate.cpl
Screen Resolution	desk.cpl
Fonts folder	fonts
Internet properties	inetcpl.cpl
Game controller properties	joy.cpl
Mouse properties	main.cpl
Keyboard properties	main.cpl keyboard
Sound properties	mmsys.cpl
Network properties	ncpa.cpl
Power properties	powercfg.cpl
Devices and printers	control printers
Region	intl.cpl
Scanners and cameras	control sticpl.cpl
Modem	control modem.cpl

NOTE: These above are the ones that work on W8, the ones that say “control” at the beginning are the ones that MUST have “control” when executed, otherwise they won’t work. In all the other ones this is optional.

Here are the ones that don’t work on W8 (or at least not on my PC).

Microsoft exchange**	control mlcfg32.cpl
Findfast**	control findfast.cpl
Password management	control password.cpl
Microsoft Mail Post Office**	control wgpocpl.cpl
Users Control Tool	control ncpa.cpl users
PC Card**	control main.cpl pc card

** I have never used these features and I have no idea what they do.

BTW, this is all official.