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Windows 8.1 - Create a desktop shortcut to the Action Center

Latest update on October 14, 2014 at 09:58 AM by Jean-François Pillou .

The Action Center regroups all the security features/tools of Windows 8.1, such as:

Recovery tools - System Restore
Security tools - Firewall, UAC
Maintenance tools - Drive Status, File History, Automatic tools

To create a desktop shortcut to the Action Center of Windows 8.1, follow the below procedure:

Do a right Click on your Desktop
Select >New > Shortcut
In the field "Type the location of the item" , enter the following:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL wscui.cpl

Click on Next.
Give a name to your shortcut and validate with the OK button.

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