Access system settings faster and more accurately

In the process of using Windows 10, we often use some system setting sub-items. Since the system setting items commonly used by everyone are different, it is more troublesome to find these items through the setting window every time. Create shortcuts to system settings in a prominent location or in the right-click menu, making the use of system settings items faster and more precise.

1. Move the system "Settings" button to the most prominent place

Selecting to enter system settings from the start menu is not obvious and easy enough after all. To this end, we can move the system "Settings" button to the start screen, desktop, taskbar, etc. according to actual needs.

The method of pinning "Settings" to the start screen and taskbar is relatively simple, just click the "Start" button, right-click the "Settings" icon, and select "Pin to Start Screen" to place the Settings button on the screen. The start screen is available for the touch interface. If you further select "More → Pin to Taskbar", you can place the "Settings" button on the taskbar.

Creating a "Settings" shortcut on the desktop requires a bit of skill. First, right-click an empty space on the desktop and choose to create a shortcut, enter "ms-settings:" in the object location text box;

After clicking "Next", name the shortcut, such as "System Settings";

After clicking the "Finish" button, the "System Settings" icon will appear on the desktop, double-click to start the setting window.

Tips:

The above method is convenient for mouse clicks. If you are more accustomed to keyboard operation, then use the Win+i shortcut key combination to launch the "Settings" program at any time.

2. Create a desktop shortcut for the "Settings" sub-item

The above method only facilitates the calling of "Settings" on the whole, but it still fails to meet the requirements of quick access to the system settings sub-items, because after entering the "Settings" window, it is still troublesome to click and select again. To this end, we can think of making the sub-projects we use as desktop shortcuts.

In fact, each sub-item of the system settings corresponds to a command in the form of the above "ms-settings:", but on the basis of this basic command, the corresponding sub-command is added later, and this combination of commands is used as a shortcut The command executed by the method can create its own desktop shortcut for each sub-project. For example: to create a shortcut to the "input" settings, just use the "ms-settings:typing" command; to create a shortcut to the "themes" settings, just use the "ms-settings:themes" command.

And so on, just remember to set the English name of the subproject. Then, specific to various commands for setting sub-items, please refer to Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 for details.

Schedule: Commands corresponding to Windows 10 system settings sub-items

3. Hide the "Settings" sub-item in the desktop right-click menu

If you feel that placing the shortcuts of the system settings sub-items on the desktop takes up too much space, you can also set these items in the desktop right-click menu.

Run the REGEDIT command to open the registry editor, navigate to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell" in turn, right-click the shell item and create a new item;

Name the new item whatever you want it to appear in the context menu (eg "Privacy"). Right-click the newly created item ("Privacy"), and then select a new item named command; double-click the default item in the right pane of the command item, and enter the following command in the "Value data" box:

"C:\Windows\explorer.exe" ms-settings:privacy

After closing the Registry Editor, right-click an empty space on the desktop to see the "Privacy" setting item in the menu. The addition of other system settings sub-items is similar to this, just follow the commands in the attached table to add the commands corresponding to the items.