Control Panel shortcut folder in Windows 7

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Published on 2010-04-18T23:09:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 0:53 UTC
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I'm running Windows 7 build 7600. Every time I try to make a shortcut folder for Control Panel it comes up empty. The path I'm using is:

::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\0

Is there an actual folder with shortcuts that I can use?

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