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Build the ultimate Control Panel applet

Posted on the November 8th, 2009 under Tutorial by admin

Collect all the most useful applets in one place

1. SETTING OUT Control Panel is packed with applets that you’ll rarely use, which makes it harder to find the ones that matter. But the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) can help. Type ‘MMC.EXE’ into Start Search and press Enter to launch it.
2. TAKE A LOOK The MMC can combine many of the most useful Control Panel tools, or ‘snap-ins’, into a single applet, making them easy to find and use. Click File → Add or Remove Snap-ins, and then browse the list to see the tools available.
3. IT’S YOUR CALL Click on a snap-in you like, and then click Add → Finish to add it to the list. Device Manager, Event Viewer, Local Users…, Reliability and Performance Monitor, Services, Shared Folders and Windows Firewall would be high on our list, but the choice is yours.
4. TRY IT OUT Click OK to see your new super applet. Now there’s no need to remember where things are to be found, because you’ve brought all your favourite applets together into one place. Just choose one on the left-hand side to see it exactly as usual in the central window.
5. TWEAK AND SAVE Change the interface, it necessary (remove the toolbars by clicking View → Customize and clearing the Toolbars box, say), then click File → Save. The applet will appear on the Start → All Programs → Administrative Tools menu, ready for use.