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Windows 8.1 Control Panel
Throughout this manual you will see an instruction to open the
Control Panel
.
Right-click
the
Start button
in the
Desktop
app or
Start
screen (or use the
Windows Logo Key
+ X
key combination) to bring up an advanced context
menu of useful features such as Control Panel, Programs and Features, Power Options, Task Manager, Search, File Ex-
plorer, Command Prompt, Device Manager and Network Connections etc. and then select
Control Panel
.
Windows 8.1 Start Screen &
Desktop
The Apps, control panels, utilities and programs within
Windows
are accessed from the
Start screen
and/or
Windows
Desktop app
. The
Desktop
(which runs as an
app within the
Start
screen) can be accessed by clicking
the
Desktop
item in the Start screen (or by using the
Windows Logo Key
+ D
key combination). Click
the arrow at the bottom of the
Start
screen to access
Ap-
ps
.
Move the mouse to
the bottom left of the
screen and right-click
the Start button to ac-
cess the menu.
Figure 10
Context
Menu
Figure 11
Start
Screen
