Windows 10: Windows 10 Wifi plus control panel failure

Hi all,

Over the past week, I have been facing serious issues with my wifi connectivity. It randomly drops when I am working, and seems to take down my Control Panel with it. Whenever the drop happens, my wifi panel shows no available networks (even though I am well within the range of at least 2 wifi networks that I can use), and most of the times, the wifi adapter icon grays out. If i try to open the Network and Sharing Center, I just get a blue screen (like it's loading, but it never does). If I try to access this via my start menu search, it gets stuck just as I type the first letter, and doesn't recover at all till I reboot my system.

I have tried most of the standard troubleshooting steps, including troubleshooting my connection (although since I can only do this when my wifi is working, it makes little sense), updating my wifi driver, disabling and re-enabling it, uninstalling and re-installing it, and repairing it by downloading the latest driver from the Qualcomm website, nothing works.

Are there any steps that I can take further? I am quite sure that its not a wifi adapter problem since I am facing no problems on my linux system.

Thanks

:)

 

windows 10 control panel

Yes all that will get you to the Control Panel if you have a memory (your human brain) that can handle all that info plus the other places you want to open.... So in the mean time where is this wonderful simple menu that lists 99% of all the places you want
to get to in Windows 10???? written in =text type= a simple list form that's made for all us

dummies. thank you Tom Cotton

PS: I am sorry but that menu Microsoft is bragging about giving us back is a sorry

peace of work.

 

windows 10 control panel

Hello,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you want to know how to access the control panel in Windows 10?

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I would suggest you to try the following steps to open the Control Panel in the system.

Step 1: Opening Control Panel in Windows 10.

• 
  Open Run command box by simultaneously pressing Windows and R keys (Windows + R).
  
• 
  In the Run dialog box, type
  Control and then press Enter key to open the classic Control Panel.
  

Step 2: Access Control Panel in Windows 10 from desktop.

• 
  Right-click on the Start button (Windows logo button at the bottom-left corner of the desktop) and then click Control Panel to open the same.
  

Step 3: Launch Control Panel using search.

• 
  Open Start menu or screen.
  
• 
  In the search box, enter Control Panel and then press Enter key to open the same.
  

Note: You can quickly access the search with the help of Windows + C hotkey.

Step 4: Create Control Panel shortcut on desktop.

• Right-click on desktop, click New, and then click Shortcut.
• In Type the location of the item box, type the following path.

explorer shell:ControlPanelFolder

• Click Next button.
• In the Type a name for this shortcut box, type Control Panel, and click Finish button. You can now double-click on the Control Panel icon on the desktop to quickly launch the same.

Step 5: Pin Control Panel to Start or taskbar.

• 
  In the Start search box, type Control Panel.
  
• 
  When you see search results, right-click on Control Panel entry and then click Pin to Start to pin it to the Start menu or screen.
  

Note: Clicking Pin to taskbar will pin the Control Panel to taskbar.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

windows 10 control panel

Step 2 does not work at all. Anything from File Explorer and above does not launch at all.