▷ How to open windows 10 control panel

In the Windows 10 control panel you will find all the configuration options for our operating system. In it we can configure our internet access, uninstall programs and lots of useful things and even update our operating system.

Index of contents

If you frequently use Windows, it is very possible that at some point you will have to access its control panel. If you have to modify any configuration or simply update Windows, you can do everything from here.

If we have Windows 10, we will have two ways to access the configuration of our computer.

Windows 10 settings panel

With Mouse

This panel is available thanks to an application installed by default in our operating system. It is practically the same as the traditional control panel, but with a more modern distribution and similar to mobile devices. Furthermore, it is more intuitive and easier to use. Let's see how to access it.

• The first thing we must do is go to the start button and click on it. We will get the full start menu.

• We must look at the bottom left, we will see the icon of a cogwheel. Pressing on it we will access the configuration panel

With keyboard

We will also have another option available if for some reason we do not have a mouse installed on our computer.

With our keyboard we will have to simultaneously press the Windows logo key. It may also appear written "Start" or "Win" and the "I" key. "Win" + "I", we will directly open the configuration.

Windows 10 control panel

This Windows 10 control panel is the one that has always been implemented in the system. Its appearance has practically not changed since the versions of Windows XP. To access it we will do the following:

• We go to the Start menu Navigating with the wheel or with the bar we look for the folder "Windows System" If we unfold this, the classic control panel will appear among the options. Pressing on it will open

We can change the way the options are shown so we go to the upper right corner where it says "View by:"

A quicker way to find this folder in the start menu is to type the expression "control panel" with the start menu open. We will see the icon of this and pressing on it, we will access the control panel.

The control panel is an essential tool for Windows, since from it we can navigate through many of the configuration options of our system. We hope this tutorial has been useful to you.

We recommend that you visit our article on:

You will learn how to install this useful application to save space on your hard disk by compressing files and being able to mail a list of images in a single file.