Shell Locations are special virtual folders or applets in Windows
that provide access to certain locations on your hard drive, windows’
features, locations such as control panel or something inside it
directly. These shell locations can be accessed via shell:::{GUID} command in Run dialogue box.
You can directly open something using Shell Folders or create a shortcut for your ease since GUID windows use are not meant to be memorised by someone. So you can create a shortcut to your desired applet or location on your computer.
How to Use Shell Locations in Windows 8:
Like we have already discussed, each ActiveX object in windows is assigned with a unique GUID that can be used in the following manner:
Actually these shell locations provide you complete accessibility and ease of working. For example above command will open Control Panel in Category view but if you directly want to open Control Panel in Icons view then you may use the following shell location:
So now you have an idea of what shell locations can do and how they can be helpful in saving time. You can create a shortcut of your own to a specific setting in control panel instead of browsing all the way to it.
There are two methods to create shortcut of a shell location:
You must have learned the usefulness of shell locations and how they can be helpful in your windows experience, so here we are sharing an ultimate list of Windows 8 Shell Locations which you can use to access certain features of windows 8 or create your own shortcuts for accessibility.
You can directly open something using Shell Folders or create a shortcut for your ease since GUID windows use are not meant to be memorised by someone. So you can create a shortcut to your desired applet or location on your computer.
How to Use Shell Locations in Windows 8:
Like we have already discussed, each ActiveX object in windows is assigned with a unique GUID that can be used in the following manner:
shell:::{GUID HERE}For example got to Run dialogue Box and enter the following command and it will open control panel.
shell:::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}One may be wondering here that Control Panel can be opened directly through one click as well then why use these shell locations?
Actually these shell locations provide you complete accessibility and ease of working. For example above command will open Control Panel in Category view but if you directly want to open Control Panel in Icons view then you may use the following shell location:
shell:::{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}How to create Shortcut Using Shell Locations:
So now you have an idea of what shell locations can do and how they can be helpful in saving time. You can create a shortcut of your own to a specific setting in control panel instead of browsing all the way to it.
There are two methods to create shortcut of a shell location:
- Create a new folder and name it as ANYTHING.{GUID} where anything is the name of the folder/shortcut you want to create.
- Right click on your desktop and go to New > Shortcut in the new dialogue box, enter the GUID in the following manner:
Explorer.exe shell:::{GUID}For example, following shortcut will be created to Control Panel. You can name the shortcut anything after clicking the Next button.
You must have learned the usefulness of shell locations and how they can be helpful in your windows experience, so here we are sharing an ultimate list of Windows 8 Shell Locations which you can use to access certain features of windows 8 or create your own shortcuts for accessibility.
| Shell location | Command |
| Action Center | shell:::{BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6} |
| Add Network Place | shell:::{D4480A50-BA28-11d1-8E75-00C04FA31A86} |
| Administrative Tools | shell:::{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153} |
| All Control Panel Items | shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} |
| All Settings | shell:::{F90C627B-7280-45DB-BC26-CCE7BDD620A4} |
| All Tasks | shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} |
| Applications | shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1} |
| AppSuggestedLocations | shell:::{c57a6066-66a3-4d91-9eb9-41532179f0a5} |
| AutoPlay | shell:::{9C60DE1E-E5FC-40f4-A487-460851A8D915} |
| Biometric Devices | shell:::{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428} |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | shell:::{D9EF8727-CAC2-4e60-809E-86F80A666C91} |
| Bluetooth Devices | shell:::{28803F59-3A75-4058-995F-4EE5503B023C} |
| Briefcase | shell:::{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D} |
| CLSID_SearchHome | shell:::{9343812e-1c37-4a49-a12e-4b2d810d956b} |
| Command Folder | shell:::{437ff9c0-a07f-4fa0-af80-84b6c6440a16} |
| Common Places FS Folder | shell:::{d34a6ca6-62c2-4c34-8a7c-14709c1ad938} |
| Computer | shell:::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} |
| Connect To | shell:::{38A98528-6CBF-4CA9-8DC0-B1E1D10F7B1B} |
| Control Panel | shell:::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683} |
| Control Panel | shell:::{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0} |
| Credential Manager | shell:::{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70} |
| Default Programs | shell:::{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966} |
| delegate folder that appears in Computer | shell:::{b155bdf8-02f0-451e-9a26-ae317cfd7779} |
| Devices and Printers | shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A} |
| Display | shell:::{C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A} |
| Ease of Access Center | shell:::{D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A} |
| Family Safety | shell:::{96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B} |
| Favorites | shell:::{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E} |
| File History | shell:::{F6B6E965-E9B2-444B-9286-10C9152EDBC5} |
| Folder Options | shell:::{6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF} |
| Folder Shortcut | shell:::{0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D} |
| Font settings | shell:::{93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD} |
| Games | shell:::{ED228FDF-9EA8-4870-83b1-96b02CFE0D52} |
| Get Programs | shell:::{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4} |
| Help and Support | shell:::{2559a1f1-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} |
| Homegroup | shell:::{6785BFAC-9D2D-4be5-B7E2-59937E8FB80A} |
| HomeGroup | shell:::{67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57} |
| Homegroup | shell:::{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93} |
| Installed Updates | shell:::{d450a8a1-9568-45c7-9c0e-b4f9fb4537bd} |
| Language | shell:::{BF782CC9-5A52-4A17-806C-2A894FFEEAC5} |
| Libraries | shell:::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5} |
| Location Settings | shell:::{E9950154-C418-419e-A90A-20C5287AE24B} |
| Media Servers | shell:::{289AF617-1CC3-42A6-926C-E6A863F0E3BA} |
| My Documents | shell:::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} |
| Network | shell:::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} |
| Network | shell:::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C} |
| Network and Sharing Center | shell:::{8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D} |
| Network Connections | shell:::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} |
| Network Connections | shell:::{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48} |
| Notification Area Icons | shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} |
| Offline Files Folder | shell:::{AFDB1F70-2A4C-11d2-9039-00C04F8EEB3E} |
| Performance Information and Tools | shell:::{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC} |
| Personalization | shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921} |
| Portable Devices | shell:::{35786D3C-B075-49b9-88DD-029876E11C01} |
| Power Options | shell:::{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D} |
| Previous Versions Results Folder | shell:::{f8c2ab3b-17bc-41da-9758-339d7dbf2d88} |
| Printers | shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} |
| Printers | shell:::{863aa9fd-42df-457b-8e4d-0de1b8015c60} |
| printhood delegate folder | shell:::{ed50fc29-b964-48a9-afb3-15ebb9b97f36} |
| Programs and Features | shell:::{7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5} |
| Programs Folder | shell:::{7be9d83c-a729-4d97-b5a7-1b7313c39e0a} |
| Programs Folder and Fast Items | shell:::{865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a} |
| Public | shell:::{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b} |
| Recent places | shell:::{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99} |
| Recovery | shell:::{9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861} |
| Recycle Bin | shell:::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} |
| RemoteApp and Desktop Connections | shell:::{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B} |
| Removable Storage Devices | shell:::{a6482830-08eb-41e2-84c1-73920c2badb9} |
| Results Folder | shell:::{2965e715-eb66-4719-b53f-1672673bbefa} |
| Run… | shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} |
| Search | shell:::{04731B67-D933-450a-90E6-4ACD2E9408FE} |
| Search | shell:::{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} |
| Set Program Access and Computer Defaults | shell:::{2559a1f7-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} |
| Show desktop | shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257} |
| Speech Recognition | shell:::{58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A} |
| Storage Spaces | shell:::{F942C606-0914-47AB-BE56-1321B8035096} |
| Switch between windows | shell:::{3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257} |
| Sync Center | shell:::{9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF} |
| Sync Setup Folder | shell:::{2E9E59C0-B437-4981-A647-9C34B9B90891} |
| System | shell:::{BB06C0E4-D293-4f75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE} |
| Taskbar | shell:::{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1} |
| The Internet | shell:::{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} |
| Troubleshooting | shell:::{C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651} |
| User Accounts | shell:::{60632754-c523-4b62-b45c-4172da012619} |
| User Accounts | shell:::{7A9D77BD-5403-11d2-8785-2E0420524153} |
| User Pinned | shell:::{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668} |
| UsersFiles | shell:::{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} |
| Windows 7 File Recovery | shell:::{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD} |
| Windows Defender | shell:::{D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A} |
| Windows Features | shell:::{67718415-c450-4f3c-bf8a-b487642dc39b} |
| Windows Firewall | shell:::{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423} |
| Windows Mobility Center | shell:::{5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468} |
| Windows SideShow | shell:::{E95A4861-D57A-4be1-AD0F-35267E261739} |
| Windows Update | shell:::{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8} |
| WWan Shell Folder | shell:::{87630419-6216-4ff8-a1f0-143562d16d5c} |
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