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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). The
taskbar is displayed at the bottom of the desktop screen,
and you can see the notification area of the taskbar in the
bottom right of the screen. Click the arrow at the bottom
of the
Start
screen to access
Apps
.
Move the mouse to
the bottom left of the
screen and right-click
the Start button to ac-
cess the menu.
Figure 15
Context
Menu
Figure 16
Start
Screen
