Despite all their best efforts to marginalize the Windows 11 Control Panel, it’s still a vital tool for troubleshooting. We show you how to add direct access to your desktop.

Learn how to open or run Control Panel as Administrator in elevated mode in Windows 11/10 using any one of these two methods.

You can open Component Services (dcomcnfg.exe) in Windows 11 using Run, Search, Terminal, File Explorer, and Control Panel.

With the right code and edits to the Registry File, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer.

However, Control Panel remains as accessible as ever with most of the usual applets intact. The company certainly prefers that people use Settings.