Despite all their best efforts to marginalize the Windows 11 Control Panel, it’s still a vital tool for troubleshooting. We show you how to add direct access to your desktop.

But there’s an even easier way: You can also add a link to the Control Panel in the context menu of the Windows desktop.

You can add Control Panel to File Explorer This PC, for easy access, by editing the registry or using Ultimate Windows Tweaker or System Folders Customizer.

Go to registry tweaks, functionality, and check "Add Control Panel to right click menu of My Computer", click next etc., and in no time it's done, and works as I remembered it.

The epic Windows 11 questline to dump the old Control Panel completely from Microsoft's desktop OS continues - but it's painfully slow progress.

With the right code and edits to the Registry File, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer.

If you're looking for a quick way to get to the Control Panel in Windows 11, here's how to add it to the context menu.