If your Control Panel does not or will not open in Windows, then this post will help you troubleshoot and fix the problem. Maybe your .cpl files have been damaged or the reason could anything else.

While you can restore from a snapshot by simply finding the System Restore screen in Control Panel, you're not going to have a lot of luck actually using the snapshot unless you've restarted your ...

Worried about a bad update borking your Windows 10 system? Turn on System Restore so you can roll back to a pre-update state.

Miss the old XP Control Panel? You can get something close to it in Windows 7. But do you really want to?

Learn how to how to manage, customize, rename, change, backup, restore create new Power Plans using the Command Line in Windows 11/10.

But thanks to three little workarounds, you can still access the older System Control Panel we all know and love—for now. To get started, pull up the Control Panel in Windows 10.

Admin Account & Password for Restore Option in Dell. Dell's System Restore option is part of the operating system, allowing you to back up your data, return the computer to factory condition and ...

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page.

What can help is that System Restore works hand-in-hand with Windows Backup, although this isn't switched on by default. You'll find the option to use it in System and Security in your 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.