The Control Panel icon will open up a Window containing a variety of applets that allows you to view and change various Windows 7 and Windows 8 system settings.

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.

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page.

That said, if you really want that old XP-style Control Panel, just click the View by menu (located in the upper right corner, just below the Search field), and then choose Large icons.

If your Control Panel will not open in Windows 11/10/8/7, then this post will help you troubleshoot and fix the problem. Your computer may be infected with malware, the .cpl file may have become ...