Access The Windows Vista/7 Super Control Panel

A secret trick/easter egg both Windows Vista and Windows 7 have built into them is the ability to access virtually every setting and configuration screen in the system… with no additional software required. All you have to do is create a new folder and then rename it to a special title.

While you can access all of these configuration options throughout the system, having them in available in a single place is very convenient.

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Comments

  1. Very cool.

  2. Daniel M Collier says:

    According to the Windows Secrets Lounge forum, this is only good for the 32 Bit versions & might screw up the 64 bit versions.

  3. it killed Windows Explorer on my 64-bit Vista Home Premium.

  4. Strange… Works just fine on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

  5. I am using it on my 64 bit Windows 7 install and it works perfectly for me

  6. Haven’t tried it yet but sounds like a key to amazing time savers..

  7. Can’t get rid of the folder, it always stops the explorer in Vista Home edition, any help?

  8. I use win7 pro 64 bit, love this tool no problems so far.

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