[Tip] Secret Trick to Launch Classic System Properties in Windows 10 Directly from Control Panel

Yesterday we posted a tutorial to restore classic System Properties in Windows 10. Actually Microsoft has removed direct access to classic System Properties window in newer versions of Windows 10 (version 20H2 and later).

If you click on “System” icon present in Control Panel, it redirects to new modern About page in Windows 10 Settings app.

Following screenshot shows new modern About page available in Windows 10 Settings app which is opened by default if you click on System icon present in Control Panel:

We told you how to create a direct shortcut to classic System Properties and how to add the shortcut to Desktop context menu (right-click menu) in Windows 10. Check out following article for details:

[Tip] Restore and Get Back Classic System Properties in Windows 10

An AskVG reader “Visan Gabriel” shared some interesting information. The reader told that it’s still possible to open classic System Properties window directly from Control Panel.

You just need to right-click on System icon in Control Panel and select Open option from the context menu.

Voilla. You’ll have the classic System Properties opened in the same window. It was so easy to launch classic System Properties in Windows 10 newer versions.

Actually when you click on System icon in Control Panel, Windows 10 uses the “Open in new window” option as default for it and launches new modern About Settings page. But if you right-click on System icon and select Open option, it launches classic System Properties in the same window.

BONUS TIP:

You can also right-click on System icon and select “Create shortcut” option. Windows will show a message that “Windows can’t create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?”, click on Yes button and it’ll automatically create a direct shortcut to classic System Properties on Desktop.

Now you can use this shortcut to launch classic System Properties any time. You can also pin the shortcut to Taskbar or Start Menu for quick and easy access.

Thanks again to our reader “Visan Gabriel” for sharing this useful trick…

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