{"id":16053,"date":"2018-12-22T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=16053"},"modified":"2018-12-22T09:55:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T14:55:02","slug":"10-ways-to-open-settings-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/10-ways-to-open-settings-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Open Settings in Windows 10\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 Ways to Open Settings in Windows 10<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This tip applies to Windows 10 Version 1703 and newer versions of Windows 10.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

While most of us open Windows 10 settings from the Start menu, there are many other ways to do that. Why would you need to get to settings in other ways? Because you can\u2026 and because you may someday need to get to Settings when your Start menu isn\u2019t working. Plus, it\u2019s always good to know several ways of doing important things.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nDuring our work with Cloudeight Direct Computer Care<\/a>, we have often had to use alternate ways of accessing Windows features and functions when right-click menus and Start menus were not working. We can tell you from experience, the more ways you know how to do things on Windows, the better off you\u2019re going to be. So, here are 10 ways to open Windows 10 settings.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n1.\u00a0 From the Widows 10 Start menu
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nOpen your Start menu and click on the settings icon.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Cloudeight\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Settings is also listed under “S” in the Windows 10 Start menu.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n2. From a taskbar shortcut<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Create a taskbar shortcut to Settings and use it to open Settings.\u00a0<\/span>Open the Start menu, right-click on the Settings icon and click \u201cMore\u201d. Then select \u201cPin to taskbar\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Cloudeight\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n3. Using a Windows key shortcut<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hold down the Windows key and tap the i key. Settings will open.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n4. From the File Explorer ribbon<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nOpen File Explorer (Windows key + E). Click on Computer and click on Settings.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Cloudeight\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n5. From a Run command\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nPress the Windows Key + R to open a Run box (or right-click the Start button and choose \u201cRun). In the Run box type:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nms-settings:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Windows\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nAnd press OK or Enter. Don\u2019t forget the colon at the end.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n6. From a Command Prompt\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nOpen a Command Prompt by typing CMD into the taskbar search. Click on Command Prompt when it appears at the top. At the prompt type in the following command:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nstart ms-settings:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nAnd press Enter.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Windows\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n7. From Windows PowerShell\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nOpen PowerShell by typing PowerShell in the taskbar search. Click Windows PowerShell when it appears at the top. In PowerShell at the prompt, type:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nstart ms-settings:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nAnd press Enter.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Cloudeight\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n8. From Action Center<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nOpen Action Center using Windows Key + A shortcut or click its icon just to the right of your system clock.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Cloudeight\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nYou can also click the Action Center icon. That would be the icon to the right of the Windows clock.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n9. From the right-click menu\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nRight-click the Start button (or use Windows key + X) to open the Windows 10 Power menu. Choose Settings from the menu.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Windows\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nAnd there you go\u2026 now you know 9 ways to open Settings in Windows 10.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n10. From taskbar properties<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Right-click the taskbar, click “Taskbar settings”. When Taskbar Settings opens, click “Home” in the top-left corner. That takes you to the main page of the Settings app.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10 Ways to Open Settings in Windows 10\u00a0 This tip applies to Windows 10 Version 1703 and newer versions of Windows 10. While most of us open Windows 10 settings from the Start menu, there are many other ways to do that. Why would you need to get to settings in other ways? Because you can\u2026 and because\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2008,1700,1727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16054,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16053\/revisions\/16054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}