Here at WinBeta, we have a vibrant community mixed with both technology experts who have been around the block a few times and new users who are getting their feet wet when it comes to Microsoft’s Windows operating system. This type of tutorial is more focused towards the new Windows user, who might be using Windows 10 for the first time. With that being said, let’s dive right into how you can easily make shortcuts to specific settings on your Windows 10 desktop.

With Windows 10, there are still two areas to configure settings — the old school Control Panel and the new Settings app. For those of you who wish to access the old school Control Panel app, simply right click on the Start button and select Control Panel. Otherwise, let’s focus on the new Settings app.

Each setting in the Settings app has a unique identifier called a URI. If we extract this URI, we can easily use it in a run command or as a desktop shortcut. All you have to do is pick one of the URIs listed below, right click on your desktop, select New, then select Shortcut, and paste the URI into the location field (the URI starts with “ms-settings”). You can also choose an icon for your new shortcut by right-clicking on the shortcut, and selecting properties. Then click the “Change Icon” button.

Here are a list of URIs (courtesy of WinAero) you can use to create desktop shortcuts to your commonly used settings:

Battery Saver: ms-settings:batterysaver

Battery Saver Settings: ms-settings:batterysaver-settings

Battery use: ms-settings:batterysaver-usagedetails

Bluetooth: ms-settings:bluetooth

Colors: ms-settings:colors

Data Usage: ms-settings:datausage

Date and Time: ms-settings:dateandtime

Closed Captioning: ms-settings:easeofaccess-closedcaptioning

High Contrast: ms-settings:easeofaccess-highcontrast

Magnifier: ms-settings:easeofaccess-magnifier

Narrator: ms-settings:easeofaccess-narrator

Keyboard: ms-settings:easeofaccess-keyboard

Mouse: ms-settings:easeofaccess-mouse

Other Options (Ease of Access): ms-settings:easeofaccess-otheroptions

Lockscreen: ms-settings:lockscreen

Offline maps: ms-settings:maps

Airplane mode: ms-settings:network-airplanemode

Proxy: ms-settings:network-proxy

VPN: ms-settings:network-vpn

Notifications & actions: ms-settings:notifications

Account info: ms-settings:privacy-accountinfo

Calendar: ms-settings:privacy-calendar

Contacts: ms-settings:privacy-contacts

Other Devices: ms-settings:privacy-customdevices

Feedback: ms-settings:privacy-feedback

Location: ms-settings:privacy-location

Messaging: ms-settings:privacy-messaging

Microphone: ms-settings:privacy-microphone

Motion: ms-settings:privacy-motion

Radios: ms-settings:privacy-radios

Speech, inking, & typing: ms-settings:privacy-speechtyping

Camera: ms-settings:privacy-webcam

Region & language: ms-settings:regionlanguage

Speech: ms-settings:speech

Windows Update: ms-settings:windowsupdate

Work access: ms-settings:workplace

Connected devices: ms-settings:connecteddevices

For developers: ms-settings:developers

Display: ms-settings:display

Mouse & touchpad: ms-settings:mousetouchpad

Cellular: ms-settings:network-cellular

Dial-up: ms-settings:network-dialup

DirectAccess: ms-settings:network-directaccess

Ethernet: ms-settings:network-ethernet

Mobile hotspot: ms-settings:network-mobilehotspot

Wi-Fi: ms-settings:network-wifi

Manage Wi-Fi Settings: ms-settings:network-wifisettings

Optional features: ms-settings:optionalfeatures

Family & other: users ms-settings:otherusers

Personalization: ms-settings:personalization

Backgrounds: ms-settings:personalization-background

Colors: ms-settings:personalization-colors

Start: ms-settings:personalization-start

Power & sleep: ms-settings:powersleep

Proximity: ms-settings:proximity

Display: ms-settings:screenrotation

Sign-in options: ms-settings:signinoptions

Storage Sense: ms-settings:storagesense

Themes: ms-settings:themes

Typing: ms-settings:typing

Tablet mode: ms-settings://tabletmode/

Privacy: ms-settings:privacy

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