While facing the same problem I Googled about it and found I’m not the only one. Well, let me explain the problem for you. When I open the Windows 8 Charms Bar and click on Settings gear icon and then click on the Change PC Settings link on the bottom of the page, nothing happens!!
I went to this Microsoft Answers page and found an experienced Microsoft MVP gave a funny suggestion, which is to restore your Windows to previous condition. Dude, seriously! We just cannot roll our system back to some old stage.
So I used my head and tried to remember what I did wrong and how I can correct this. For me, it’s not possible to roll back to anywhere. Maybe my MVP friend have plenty of time, but unfortunately I don’t.
Then I remember that while playing with my start menu items, I have deleted the PC settings shortcut. This also happens if someone installs a 3rd party start menu and customizes that.
So I went to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs on a friend’s PC. Took the PC settings shortcut and put it in the same location on my PC.
Yahoo! it’s fixed!!
Well if you are suffering from the same problem and thinking where to get the shortcut from as you may not have any friend running Windows 8. Well, don’t worry, lit me help you in few easy steps-
- Download the zip file from here.
- Extract it and you’ll get the PC settings shortcut in there.
- Put the shortcut in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (You cannot move the shortcut to that place. You have to copy paste)
And you are good to go. Let me know how it went with you.
Jo Merr said:
worked perfectly – exactly what I needed Stardock 8 killed that file and restore was awful option!
Jo Merr said:
worked perfectly – exactly what I needed Stardock 8 killed that file and restore was awful option!
Anonymous said:
You are a star. Clicking the icon just takes you to the Control Panel – but moving it – excellent job!
Rusli Cahya said:
thanks, it works.
Fahid Javid said:
Hello, Good day!
I tried all methods which I got on Windows form but my notebook was still not okay.. I didn’t want to restore my Windows 8. The “Change PC Settings” still was not working. Even the “Change account picture” was not working either.
I am truly happy that I found your article. It did work as I was want. But one thing I want to mention that I could not download that zip file of shortcut icons. However I used another notebook of my friend to fetch those icons.
If someone need those Icons so he can get by clicking on the following link: http://goo.gl/Vj1SJ.
Sourav Sachdeva said:
thanks buddy it really works.
Alex Almeida said:
It incredibly works! You rock! Thank you!
Vamshi Krishna said:
still it is not working dude,,,,,
pls help me
Mouktik Saha said:
Thank you a ton…really buddy thanks a lot for sharing this tip and for also adding up the zip file…saved my headache…caused by installing a stardock software
David Myers Jr. said:
dude you are a freaking lifesaver!!!! i’ve spent the last 5 hours trying to fix this/looking online for answers and was on the phone/remote session with microsoft for an hour(and they couldn’t figure it out either) thank you
Nils Buelens said:
this doesn’t work, does anyone know another way?
Agus Mustafa said:
this issue similiar with my notebook. firstly I try all methods from microsoft community but still not working. secondly I try method with enter setting sortcut but also not working. then I looking for folder start menu, apperantly there are secured so can’t open except administrator. Jus unsecure Now my notebook back to normally
Twinks Navarro-Sy said:
Thank you. This really works! I have tried all of the methods mentioned in microsoft support but nothing happens. Cheers, more power!
Twinks Navarro-Sy said:
Thank you. This really works! I have tried all of the methods mentioned in microsoft support but nothing happens. Cheers, more power!
Lene Skov Mikkelsen said:
Thank you! Solved my problem. Was afraid I had to restore my computer again 😐 (feels like we are back to Win98)
Lay Gloire Rodriguez said:
Son of a bitch you are a fucking MASTER !! thank you very much, you should work at microsoft ’cause that assholes not know how to fix this issue
Chux Edwards said:
i tryed and still nouthing. iv done about everything i have seen. im bout at wits end here