In the case of Windows, we believe that sound is particularly used by us in terms of the uses we give to the computer, whether listening to music, watching movies and videos, accessing the web and making calls or communications. via computer. The truth is that we also have options to configure it according to our requirements, such as configuring the sound on the speakers in Windows, and being able to adjust them according to the type of music or if the case is to give an effect to a movie.
In any case we can have access to the sound system more quickly , generating a direct access to the sound control panel, and thus be able to access it and configure it according to our preferences, in this article we will show you how to do that. direct access, on your Windows 10 computer effectively, we will also see other access methods that can serve the same way.
Index( )
- How to access sound settings faster?
- Anchoring to Start
- How to access the Windows 10 sound settings panel?
- from settings
- Creating a shortcut
- How to create a shortcut to other Windows 10 settings?
How to access sound settings faster?
In this case what we want is to quickly access the sound control panel, without wasting time and with just one click, so as not to have to access it through routes that take us through the configuration, for this we can anchor it in the start menu ; but before performing this action, we must check well in the start drop-down menu that it is not already included.
To take a complete look at the list, we must go to the Start menu and display the list that appears in the option called “all programs”, this is an overview of all installed programs, both default and those that we install. If the Microsoft Windows 10 Sound control panel does not appear , we proceed to create it.
Anchoring to Start
For this we must access through the start menu, in the program search engine or explorer, in this case it is in the taskbar and we write sound, in this case a list will appear, here we look for the sound control panel and we click on it right and then we choose from the drop-down list “Pin to start” and in this way it will be available at the start of Windows. Based on this we can create the shortcut.
How to access the Windows 10 sound settings panel?
To access this sound control panel, there are methods that allow us to get there easily, and then from here make modifications and configurations, which, depending on the case, we would not be able to do otherwise, from the route that starts, with the search for “System Settings” we can get to the sound drivers to enable or disable them
In some cases our system fails and we are forced to start Windows in safe mode and if you want to activate the sound drivers in this mode, through this route, you can access to enable these devices and drivers, which as we know are disabled when we start the computer in this way
from settings
To access this, we go to the search box on the taskbar, and proceed to copy “control panel”, we proceed to search within the panel, “Hardware and sound”. Now in this section select “sound”, at this time you are already inside the “Sound configuration panel” , if you require it, in the “playback” tab you can choose the devices for playback.
Creating a shortcut
To create the shortcut, from the sound control panel, of your Windows 10 operating system, we first follow the following path first in some part of the desktop we right click> we select New> Create shortcut, in the pop-up window, the wizard tells us will ask to give the location of the element to create the shortcut, and in the box we copy the following “%windir%\system32\mmsys.cpl” , now we click next and then in the new window we assign the name to the access, And finally finish.
Then we will be able to see the access originated on the desktop, if you want to change the icon that it shows, right click on it and go to properties, then select change icon and choose from the list the one that best suits you and finally accept the changes.
How to create a shortcut to other Windows 10 settings?
In the case of wanting to create a direct access, for other configurations or Windows applications, the mechanism is the same, we locate the path that has the configuration that we need in the System32 folder , because this is the one that the assistant asks for to give the path to access. We can also create direct access to devices such as printers and others, although when installing devices, they automatically create a direct access, sometimes we forget to validate this action or we end up deleting it accidentally, for this there is also a solution.