How to create shortcuts to CLSIDs in Windows

If you want to access certain windows features, for example the “Tablet PC Settings” more directly and even if/when you are not using a Tablet PC, calling the correspondent Shell CLSID will do the job:

shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}

But what if you want a desktop shortcut for it? The shortcut creator will not recognize such literal addresses.

The solution is to prefix with the Windows Explorer executable:

explorer shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}

Here are some shortcuts which might come handy:

Action Center     {BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}
Add Features     {BE122A0E-4503-11DA-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}
Add Network Location     {D4480A50-BA28-11d1-8E75-00C04FA31A86}
Administrative Tools     {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}
Advanced User Accounts (netplwiz)     {7A9D77BD-5403-11d2-8785-2E0420524153}
Applications     {4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}
AutoPlay     {9C60DE1E-E5FC-40f4-A487-460851A8D915}
Biometric Devices (Windows 8 only)     {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
BitLocker Drive Encryption     {D9EF8727-CAC2-4e60-809E-86F80A666C91}
Bluetooth Devices     {28803F59-3A75-4058-995F-4EE5503B023C}
Briefcase     {85BBD920-42AO-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Color Management     {B2C761C6-29BC-4f19-9251-E6195265BAF1}
Command Folder     {437ff9c0-a07f-4fa0-af80-84b6c6440a16}
Common Places FS Folder     {d34a6ca6-62c2-4c34-8a7c-14709c1ad938}
Computer (This PC)     {20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}
Connect To     {38A98528-6CBF-4CA9-8DC0-B1E1D10F7B1B}
Control Panel     {5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}
Control Panel (All Settings)     {F90C627B-7280-45DB-BC26-CCE7BDD620A4}
Control Panel (All Tasks)     {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Control Panel (Category view)     {26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}
Control Panel (Icons view)     {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Credential Manager     {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Date and Time     {E2E7934B-DCE5-43C4-9576-7FE4F75E7480}
Default Programs     {17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966} or
{E44E5D18-0652-4508-A4E2-8A090067BCB0}
delegate folder that appears in Computer     {b155bdf8-02f0-451e-9a26-ae317cfd7779}
Desktop folder     {B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}
Device Manager     {74246bfc-4c96-11d0-abef-0020af6b0b7a}
Devices and Printers     {A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
Display     {C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A}
Documents folder     {A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}
Downloads folder     {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
Ease of Access Center     {D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}
E-mail (default program)     {2559a1f5-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Family Safety     {96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B}
Favorites     {323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}
File History     {F6B6E965-E9B2-444B-9286-10C9152EDBC5}
Folder Options     {6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF}
Font Settings     {93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}
Fonts     {BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948534}
Games Explorer     {ED228FDF-9EA8-4870-83b1-96b02CFE0D52}
Get Programs     {15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Help and Support     {2559a1f1-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
HomeGroup     {6785BFAC-9D2D-4be5-B7E2-59937E8FB80A} or
{67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57} or
{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}
Hyper-V Remote File Browsing     {0907616E-F5E6-48D8-9D61-A91C3D28106D}
Indexing Options     {87D66A43-7B11-4A28-9811-C86EE395ACF7}
Infared     {A0275511-0E86-4ECA-97C2-ECD8F1221D08}
Installed Updates     {d450a8a1-9568-45c7-9c0e-b4f9fb4537bd}
Internet Explorer (default browser)     {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
Internet Options     {A3DD4F92-658A-410F-84FD-6FBBBEF2FFFE}
Keyboard Properties     {725BE8F7-668E-4C7B-8F90-46BDB0936430}
Language Settings     {BF782CC9-5A52-4A17-806C-2A894FFEEAC5}
Libraries     {031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
Location Sensors     {E9950154-C418-419e-A90A-20C5287AE24B}
Media Servers     {289AF617-1CC3-42A6-926C-E6A863F0E3BA}
Mobility Center     {5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468}
Mouse Properties     {6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}
Music folder     {1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}
Network     {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
Network and Sharing Center     8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}
Network Connections     {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} or
{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Networks Flyout (Connect To)     {38A98528-6CBF-4CA9-8DC0-B1E1D10F7B1B}
Network (WorkGroup)     {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Notification Area Icons     {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
NVIDIA Control Panel (if installed)     {0bbca823-e77d-419e-9a44-5adec2c8eeb0}
Offline Files Folder     {AFDB1F70-2A4C-11d2-9039-00C04F8EEB3E}
Pen and Touch     {F82DF8F7-8B9F-442E-A48C-818EA735FF9B}
Performance Information and Tools (WEI)     {78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Personalization     {ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
Phone & Modem “Location Information”     {40419485-C444-4567-851A-2DD7BFA1684D}
Pictures folder     {3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}
Portable Devices     {35786D3C-B075-49b9-88DD-029876E11C01}
Power Options     {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Previous Versions Results Folder     {f8c2ab3b-17bc-41da-9758-339d7dbf2d88}
printhood delegate folder     {ed50fc29-b964-48a9-afb3-15ebb9b97f36}
Printers     {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} or
{863aa9fd-42df-457b-8e4d-0de1b8015c60}
Programs and Features     {7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}
Programs Folder     {7be9d83c-a729-4d97-b5a7-1b7313c39e0a}
Programs Folder and Fast Items     {865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a}
Public Folder     {4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}
Recent Places     {22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99}
Recovery     {9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861}
Recycle Bin     {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Region and Language     {62d8ed13-c9d0-4ce8-a914-47dd628fb1b0}
RemoteApp and Desktop Connections     {241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Removable Storage Devices     {a6482830-08eb-41e2-84c1-73920c2badb9}
Results Folder     {2965e715-eb66-4719-b53f-1672673bbefa}
Run     {2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Search Apps     {2559a1f8-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Search Files     {2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Search Results     {9343812e-1c37-4a49-a12e-4b2d810d956b}
Set Program Access and Defaults     {2559a1f7-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Show Desktop     {3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
SkyDrive folder (Windows 8.1)     {8E74D236-7F35-4720-B138-1FED0B85EA75}
Sound     {F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}
Speech Recognition     {58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}
Storage Spaces     {F942C606-0914-47AB-BE56-1321B8035096}
Switch Between Windows     {3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Sync Center     {9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}
Sync Setup Folder     {2E9E59C0-B437-4981-A647-9C34B9B90891}
System     {BB06C0E4-D293-4f75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}
System Icons     {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} SystemIcons
Tablet PC Settings     {80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}
Taskbar Properties     {0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}
Text to Speech     {D17D1D6D-CC3F-4815-8FE3-607E7D5D10B3}
This PC (Computer)     {20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}
Troubleshooting     {C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}
User Accounts     {60632754-c523-4b62-b45c-4172da012619}
User Folder     {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}
User Pinned     {1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}
Videos folder     {A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}
Window Switcher (Flip-2D)     {3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Windows Defender     {D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A}
Windows Features     {67718415-c450-4f3c-bf8a-b487642dc39b}
Windows 7 File Recovery     {B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Windows Firewall     {4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Windows Mobility Center     {5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468}
Windows SideShow (Windows 8 only)     {E95A4861-D57A-4be1-AD0F-35267E261739}
Windows To Go     {8E0C279D-0BD1-43C3-9EBD-31C3DC5B8A77}
Windows Update     {36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}
Work Folders (Windows 8.1)     {ECDB0924-4208-451E-8EE0-373C0956DE16}