▷ Tricks to create direct access to utilities in windows 10

In this step by step, we are going to see a few tricks about creating Windows 10 shortcuts to open different Windows utilities and even directly access very useful configurations without having to search for them in the control panel.

If you have never created a shortcut, it is possible that you have not even considered that we will not only be able to access the typical programs and folders that we have in the system. It is possible to do much more and in this article you may discover something that you did not even know you were missing. Creating a shortcut has much more than meets the eye

Create Windows 10 shortcut

The first thing we should know is how to create a shortcut on our team. It's very simple:

• Wherever we are, be it a desktop or a folder, we right-click on an empty area. We choose the " New " option to display the rest of the options. The second option we have is " Direct access ", we click on it.

• Now a window will appear that starts the wizard to create a shortcut. In the first window we will have to put the location of the element to which we want to link

• Click on " browse " and look for anything to link to it directly For example, it occurred to us to link to a computer located in our home network, to access it directly

• Press " Accept " and " next " on the wizard screen, then we will have to enter the name with which we are going to see our shortcut, then we give it to finish

The shortcut will be created. If the system detects that the link is to something he already knows, as in this example, it will apply a suitable icon for the purpose. In our case, a PC icon appears, which is where we want to go.

If we are not satisfied with the icon, we can still change it:

• Right click on the shortcut and choose " Properties " In the " Shortcut " tab we must locate a button that says " Change icon... " If we click on it, a window will open with a list of icons for us to choose the that we like the most

• When we are happy with our choice click on " OK " in both windows. The icon will be edited as we have said.

Hidden commands to create direct access to applications and settings

The truly useful things come now, introducing in the location section in the direct access creation wizard, we will be able to access a multitude of sites that perhaps we did not even know about. This is possible thanks to an Active X command implemented in the system for its internal operation.

Definition	Command
Direct access to the recycle bin	explorer.exe shell::: {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Direct access to network connections	explorer.exe shell::: {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
Direct access to control panel	explorer.exe shell::: {26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}
Direct access to administrative tools	explorer.exe shell::: {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}
Direct access to all tasks	explorer.exe shell::: {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Direct access to Bluetooth devices	explorer.exe shell::: {28803F59-3A75-4058-995F-4EE5503B023C}
Direct access to credential manager	explorer.exe shell::: {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Direct access to devices and printers	explorer.exe shell::: {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Direct access to devices and printers	explorer.exe shell::: {A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
Direct access to Windows backup and restore	explorer.exe shell::: {B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Direct access to file history	explorer.exe shell::: {F6B6E965-E9B2-444B-9286-10C9152EDBC5}
Direct access to language options	explorer.exe shell::: {BF782CC9-5A52-4A17-806C-2A894FFEEAC5}
Direct access to WiFi network settings	explorer.exe shell::: {1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
Direct access to my documents	explorer.exe shell::: {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Direct access to Windows Firewall	explorer.exe shell::: {4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Direct access to the entire network	explorer.exe shell::: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Direct access to Windows notifications	explorer.exe shell::: {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
Direct access to power options	explorer.exe shell::: {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Direct access to recent folders	explorer.exe shell::: {22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99}
Shortcut to desktop view	explorer.exe shell::: {3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Direct access to This equipment	explorer.exe shell::: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Direct access to advanced user account options	explorer.exe shell::: {7A9D77BD-5403-11d2-8785-2E0420524153}

In addition to these, we can also use all the commands in our article:

You just have to put the command in the location section of the shortcut wizard to access them directly.

In this way we can create direct access to practically everything important in our operating system.

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Did you know these tricks to create shortcuts? If you know any more leave us in the comments. We hope that the article has exceeded your initial expectations