How to Set Up Troubleshooter Shortcuts in Windows 10 & 11
Windows 11 and 10 include various troubleshooting tools you may open via Settings and the Control Panel. There are troubleshooters for fixing Bluetooth, internet, Windows Update, audio, hardware, printer, video, and MS Store app-related errors that arise. Those troubleshooters detect issues and either automatically apply or suggest potential fixes to resolve them.
Adding troubleshooter shortcuts to Windows 11/10 will save you from rummaging through Settings or the Control Panel whenever you need to access them. You can create troubleshooter shortcuts on the Windows 11/10 desktop, taskbar, Start menu, and even context menu with the methods below.
How to a Set Up a Desktop Shortcut for Opening the Troubleshooting Applet
Most users probably go through Settings to bring up troubleshooters. However, Control Panel’s Troubleshooting applet includes more troubleshooters than the Settings app. Adding adesktop shortcutfor opening the applet will enable you to access all troubleshooters included within it more quickly.
You can create a Troubleshooting shortcut on the Windows desktop in the following steps:
Double-click the new desktop shortcut you just added to open the Troubleshooting applet. There you can clickPrograms,Hardware and Sound,Network and Internet, orSystem and Securityto view and access different categories of troubleshooters. Alternatively, selectView allopen to bring up a full list of troubleshooters. You can click any troubleshooter there to open it.
The Troubleshooting shortcut will have the same folder library icon as Explorer’s taskbar button. If you would prefer something else, you can change the icon via the shortcut’s properties window. Check out our guide abouthow to customize icons on Windowsfor details.
How to Set Up Taskbar and Start Menu Troubleshooting Shortcuts
it’s possible to easily convert the Troubleshooting Applet desktop shortcut into a taskbar or Start menu one. To do so in Windows 11, click the Troubleshooting Applet shortcut with the right mouse button and selectShow more options. SelectPin to taskbaron the classic menu to stick the same shortcut on the taskbar. Or clickPin to Startto have one for opening the Troubleshooting applet from the pinned area of the Start menu.
Then you may as well remove the desktop shortcut if a taskbar or Start menu one is preferred. Right-click Troubleshooting Applet to selectDelete(the trash bin icon in Windows 11).
How to Set Up a Troubleshooting Hotkey
A Troubleshooting desktop shortcut can also become a convenient hotkey in a few quick steps. All you have to do is set a key combination for activating the desktop shortcut. Then you can open the Troubleshooting applet by pressing aCtrl+Altkey combo. These are the steps for setting up a hotkey that opens the Troubleshooting applet:
Now you may access the Troubleshooting applet with a key combo. PressCtrl+Alt+Tto open that applet and access its troubleshooters. That hotkey depends on the desktop shortcut you set it for. So, you’ve got to leave the shortcut on the desktop.
How to Set Up Shortcuts for Opening Specific Troubleshooters
You can also set up shortcuts for opening any specific troubleshooters included within the Troubleshooting Control Panel applet. Each troubleshooter there has a pack ID with which you can set up a desktop shortcut for opening it. You can set up a troubleshooter shortcut in such a way via the Create Shortcut wizard with the following command:
The above command must include an actual diagnostic_id for the troubleshooter. ThisMSDT pagehas a list of troubleshooting pack IDs you’re able to include in that command. These are the diagnostic ID commands for some of the more useful troubleshooters:
You can set up a desktop shortcut for a specific troubleshooter much the same as the Troubleshooting applet. Go through the same steps in this guide’s instructions for setting up a desktop shortcut, but input a troubleshooter diagnostic ID command at step three instead. Enter a different name for the shortcut in step four, and select theFinishoption.
Double-clicking that desktop shortcut will open whatever troubleshooter you set it to with the diagnostic ID command. Then you can also pin that desktop shortcut to the taskbar or Start menu just the same as the Troubleshooting applet one. Or set up a hotkey for opening the troubleshooting tool as outlined in this guide’s keyboard shortcut instructions.
How to Add a Troubleshooters Submenu to the Context Menu
The right-click context menu is another place you can add Troubleshooting shortcuts in Windows 11/10. You can set up aTroubleshooterssubmenu on the Windows 11/10 context menu that includes shortcuts for opening different parts of the Troubleshooting applet. To do that, you only need to download and run a premade registry script like this:
You will now see a newTroubleshooterssubmenu on your desktop’s context menu. Right-click any space within the desktop wallpaper area and selectShow more optionsonWindows 11’s context menu. Move the cursor over theTroubleshooterssubmenu to view its shortcuts.
There you can selectClassic Troubleshooting appletto bring up the Troubleshooting home screen in the Control Panel. SelectAll Categoriesto open the full list of troubleshooters. Or clickPrograms,Hardware and Sound,Network and Internet, andSystem Securityto view category pages for opening troubleshooters.
The troubleshooters-context-menu folder also includes a script for removing the Troubleshooters submenu. Double-clickRemove Troubleshooters From Desktop Context Menu.regin that folder to run that script. Then selectYesto erase the submenu from the context menu.
Make Some Shortcuts for Accessing Troubleshooters in Windows
So, now you may create Windows shortcuts for opening the Troubleshooting applet and more specific troubleshooters in various ways. You can create a general Troubleshooting Control Panel desktop, taskbar, keyboard, or context menu shortcut for accessing all troubleshooting tools. Or set up shortcuts that give you more direct access to the specific troubleshooting tools you utilize more regularly.
Here’s how to create a desktop shortcut that opens the command prompt and automatically executes any command of your choosing.
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