Hope this has helped anyone who has gotten lost finding the correct control panel.Įdited by MrBruce1959, 20 September 2011 - 06:07 PM. You will not find it in the Metro UI.įor those who are lost on how to add the COMPUTER icon to your desktop, click the folder called 'Windows Explorer' on your task bar, on the left will be an icon called computer, right click that and choose add shortcut to desktop. Under Themes > Related Settings, select Desktop icon settings.

To add icons to your desktop such as This PC, Recycle Bin and more: Select the Start button, and then select Settings > Personalization > Themes. Hope this helps those who are lost with that Metro UI menu and not being able to find options such as the administrative tools menu. To view them, right-click the desktop, select View, and then select Show desktop icons. Now all of the control panel options and shortcuts will be viewable and accessible. The way to access the 'control panel' is to go to the windows desktop.Ĭreate a short cut to COMPUTER (info on how to do that is below these instructions) so you have an icon on your desktop called Computer shortcut.ĭouble click COMPUTER, in the menu area at the top of the window you will see OPEN CONTROL PANEL.Ĭlick on this icon, now, to view the entire contents of the control panel, look for an arrow on the upper right area of this window and look for the words 'category', click that little arrow and a drop down menu opens, choose small or large icons. nh du tch vo hp checkbox biu tng m bn mun hin th trn mn hnh Desktop.

Trn mn hnh Desktop bn kch chut phi chn Personalize, sau chn Change Desktop Icons. To get into the dialog, open the Search bar with Windows+F hotkeys, enter computer icon in the empty box, choose Settings and tap Show or hide common icons on.

There is a difference between the Metro UI control panel and the control panel we are most accustom to in windows operating systems before Windows 8. Thm biu tng My Computer trn mn hnh Desktop Windows 7,8 hoc Vista.

Windows 8 my computer icon