How To Consolidate Windows 7 Control Panel Tasks In A Single Window

1. Right-Click the Desktop and Select New > Shortcut.

2. Copy and Paste explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} into the location box,  then Click OK.

3. Type in a name for your shortcut, such as “Master Control Panel.”

Okay the shortcut is created and it works, but let’s make it more "official looking".

4. Right-Click the shortcut and Select Properties.

5. Click the Shortcut tab, then Click Change Icon…

6. In the white box Paste C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll and Click the Control Panel icon.  Once you’ve found it, Click OK.

7. To keep it from cluttering up the desktop, Drag and Drop the shortcut onto the Start Menu Orb.  This will pin it to the start menu for easy access from there.

Now when you access your newly created shortcut it will display every possible task in the Windows Control Panel via a new window.  The tasks will be separated by category headings for easy organization.  For best results, Change the view to Small Icons.

Taken from GroovyPost