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Command Palette: comprehensive search among Control Panel options #48539

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@maxnevans

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There is an option to search in Control Panel. You can open it and press Ctrl + F then type keywords to search for. The same is partially present in search results of the Windows Settings extention for Command Palette but not all options. The logic of what's present from Control Panel and what's not is not clear. Notice that if you perform any of the following examples in the Windows Start Menu search everything going to work correctly.

Example 1.

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Press Ctrl + F.
  3. Type "device".
  4. Notice you have "Setup USB game controllers" option which is a suboption under "Device and Printers" option.
  5. Open Command Palette.
  6. Type "device" directly in the global search or under "$" Windows Settings extension.
  7. Notice that neither from options lists "Setup USB game controllers".

Example 2.

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Press Ctrl + F.
  3. Type "file history".
  4. Notice you have "File History" main option listed.
  5. Open Command Palette.
  6. Type "file history" directly in the global search or under "$" Windows Settings extension.
  7. Notice that neither from options lists "File History".

Example 3.

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Press Ctrl + F.
  3. Type "performance".
  4. Notice you have "Adjust appearance and performance of Windows" suboption under "System" option.
  5. Open Command Palette.
  6. Type "performance" or "adjust" directly in the global search or under "$" Windows Settings extension.
  7. Notice that neither from options lists "Adjust appearance and performance of Windows".
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Simplifies search for relevant settings.

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