Quick access to favourites (Windows 3.x)

You can save time by creating individual Control Panel icons in Program Manager.
Choose File--New, click Program Item, then click OK. Type a name for your icon, such as Desktop, and for the Command Line text box type c:\windows\control.exe main.cpl desktop for the Control Panel Desktop icon (your path may differ). For other icons, replace Desktop with Colour, Date/Time, Fonts, International, Keyboard, Mouse, Network, Printers or Ports.
For other Control Panel icons, skip this parameter and replace main.cpl with the appropriate .cpl file in your Windows\System directory (for example, snd.cpl for Sound). You can find custom icons in the windows\system\main.cpl file and other cpl files.

Quick access to favourites (Windows 95)

To get your hands on your most frequently used Control Panel icons in Windows 95, create a menu: right-click the Start button, choose Explore, and navigate to a good place for your Control Panel menu. Right-click in that folder, and choose New--Folder. Then choose Start--Settings--Control Panel and use the right mouse button to drag one or more icons to your new folder. When you release the mouse button, choose Create Shortcut(s) Here, and rename each Shortcut to suit your new menu.

Quick access to a desktop tab (Windows 95)

If you routinely change your computer's display properties (wallpaper or screen saver, for example), save time by creating a Shortcut to the Display Properties dialogue box that automatically opens to the sheet of your choice.
Right-click on the Windows 95 desktop and choose New--Shortcut. For Command Line, type c:\windows\control.exe desk.cpl, display, 2 (your path may differ). You can replace the tab number 2 (for the Appearance sheet) with 0 (Background), 1 (Screen Saver) or 3 (Settings). Click Next and type a name for your Shortcut. Then click Finish. To give this Shortcut an appropriate icon, right-click its current icon, select Properties, click the Shortcut tab, click Change Icon, type c:\windows\system\desk.cpl (your path may differ), and click OK twice.
- Scott Dunn