



(For this guide, I'll be showing you how to add access to the Settings app, as such I'll be naming the key Settings. Adding Settings items to the Windows 10 desktop right-click menuġ- Open the Windows Registry editor: To do this, use the Windows + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run, type Regedit, and hit Enter.Ģ- While in the Registry, navigate the following path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellģ- Next, right-click Shell, select New*, and click on **Key, and name the new key with the name of the specific setting page you want to access. It's assumed that you will have done a full back of your computer or a recovery plan before continuing in case of something goes wrong and you need to roll back to a working version of Windows. This guide is aimed for savvy users, who understand the risks. The steps below involve modifying the Windows Registry, which it can be dangerous, and it could cause system instability. To add specific access to Settings, you can refer to my previous how-to guide to grab the URIs). If you want to learn how you can do this in your PC, keep reading below, where you'll find all the steps. However, as it turns out using the same logic, it's also possible to modify the Windows 10 desktop right-click context menu to add links to direct access to a specific page of settings. Knowing these URIs, we can use the Command Prompt or create desktop shortcuts to access settings quickly. We also learned that each setting page in the Settings app has a unique identifier called "URI" (short for uniform resource identifier) that allows to link directly to specific settings.
