Admin Tips
- Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base
  - Windows NT
    - Admin Tips
      - Utilities
        Add Control Panel icon to Start Menu

Section(s): Utilities
Published on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 based on 21 votes.

Right-click Start button and choose Open. Right-click within the Start Menu window, select New, Folder. When the new folder appears, copy and paste the following text into the folder's title field:

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Now when you click Start. Control Panel will be part of the Start Menu list. When you move your mouse over the new Control Panel folder, a cascading menu of all your system's Control Panels will appear.

This tips works for NT4 and NT2000.