Recently I have received an email from my colleague, Venkat. He asked me that how to fix lost control panel app in start screen of Windows 8. Here is what he said:

Hi, Kapil

I recently preformed quick maintenance on my Windows 8 PC to remove useless programs and install some necessary software. These software are very important for me and I can’t install them again and again as it is very time consuming. Now the problem is that, I have lost my control panel app from start screen. They have been lost from Start screen search also. I have tried some search queries on Google, but unfortunately I have no solution yet. I hope you’ll know something about this and will fix it.

Rgds.

Venkat

Without consuming your time, here are the solutions:

Method 1

• Type CMD in Start screen & press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys to open Command Prompt with admin rights.

• In the elevated prompt, type:

SFC /SCANNOW

Press Enter after typing the command. The process takes a few minutes to repair corrupt files and making fixes. Once finished you will be replied with the message “Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them“. Close the elevated prompt and reboot.

• Now in the Start screen, search for Control Panel. In results you’ll find Control Panel, if not try the above two steps again. Right click on resulted app and select Pin to pin the app tile to start screen.

• That’s it. The issue is fixed now.

Method 2

• We have embedded the Control Panel Tile in the compressed zip archive in the below file.

Download File

• Extract the file, drag and drop the shortcut to following location:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

• That’s it. Reboot to get results.

See Also

 

• [How To] Disable Annoying Notification Balloons In Windows 7 & 8

• Download Windows 8 Visual Style For Windows 7

• Download Windows 8 Developer Preview Build

• [How To] Change Metro Color Schemes In Windows 8

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2 Comments

1. chetan

   2nd method doesn’t works!!!

2. Kapil Arya

   ^^ Try the first one.

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