In the good old days of Windows 7 and XP, I simply clicked on the Start button and selected the Control Panel from the Start menu. With Windows 8, however, that path does not exist.

Click the Windows "Start" button, and then click "Control Panel." Click the "Appearance and Personalization" option, and then click the "Taskbar and Start Menu" option.

All Programs, Control Panel, Documents, a Shut Down menu—they’re all there. If you right-click the Pokki Start button and choose Settings , you’ll see a Boot to desktop option.

To add Control Panel items to the start menu, you have to create its shortcut on your desktop and then drag and drop it into the start button (orb). UPDATE: ...

Click on the Start button. This is the small round button with the Windows flag in the lower left corner. ... From the Windows 8 Start Screen, click on the Control Panel app.

The original Start button returns in Windows 10, but you also get this extra menu if you know where to look. ... the Control Panel and the Task Manager much easier. ...

A major flaw with using Windows 8, especially on a tablet, is that many, many settings can only be found in the desktop Control Panel, forcing finger-based users onto a mouse-based interface.

In fairness, the Windows 8.1 Start button isn’t entirely useless. Users can right click on the button to view desktop-specific options, such as the task manager, control panel, file explorer ...