Add Windows Update to The Control Panel in Windows 10 & 11

By Timothy Tibbetts

on 06/15/2023

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Windows 10 users who prefer the Control Panel don't have Windows Updates available. Using our registry files, you can add Windows update to the Control Panel.

Download Add Windows Update to Control Panel and extract the two files.

Video tutorial:

Double-click 'Windows Update Control Panel - Add.reg' or 'Windows Update Control Panel - Remove.reg' (Default).

Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control.
Click Yes when prompted by Registry Editor.

Click OK when prompted by the Registry Editor.

Open the Control Panel.

This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks.

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