100% Free — Version 8.0
Ultimate Settings Panel — every Windows setting in one place
250+ Windows settings, tools and commands in one searchable panel. Ten years of doing this, rebuilt from the ground up. Free at home, free at work.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) · a single portable executable · or run the web edition with nothing to install
Try it right now, in this page
The web edition of the panel, running live below. Search it, browse it, copy any command — nothing to install, nothing to download.
Video walkthrough
A full tour of the panel — search, categories, themes, favourites and launching settings.
Everything Windows hid, in one searchable panel
Nine things Ultimate Settings Panel does so you stop digging through Settings.
Search across everything
Type two letters and the whole panel filters. The single biggest complaint about the old versions, fixed properly.
Thirteen categories
System, network, security, hardware, admin tools and more — grouped the way you would actually go looking for them.
Favourites
Pin the entries you open every week to the top, so you never hunt for the same one twice.
Light and dark themes
Follows your preference, not ours. Switches instantly and remembers the choice.
One-click launching
Opens the real Windows dialog, applet or command. Nothing is reimplemented, so nothing behaves unexpectedly.
Copy or export the command
Grab the underlying command for any entry, or take it away as a .bat file, and script what you just did by hand.
A web edition as well
The same panel runs in any browser. It copies commands rather than running them, which is what a web page should do.
Nothing hidden
A plain native executable — no installer stub, no bundled extras, no telemetry and nothing phoning home.
Free at work
No per-seat licence and no commercial tier. Sysadmins have been running it on real estates for a decade.
Who it is for
Three jobs, one tool.
Anyone who has hunted for a setting
Windows has moved half its settings twice over. This is the one place that knows where all of them ended up.
People who set machines up
New build, fresh install, or somebody else’s laptop — everything you need to reach is one search away.
IT pros and technicians
Free at work, with no licence to argue about. Copy the command, script it, move on.
Requirements
Operating system
Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit. The web edition runs in any modern browser, on any operating system.
Rights
Standard user for most entries. A few Windows dialogs ask for administrator themselves — that is Windows, not us.
Download
A single portable executable. Nothing to install, and nothing left behind if you delete it.
Version
8.0 — a ground-up rebuild, not a patch on the old release.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ultimate Settings Panel really free?
Yes. It has been free for over a decade and it stays free — at home and at work. No ads, no sign-up, no Pro tier and no per-seat licence.
What is the difference between the web edition and the Windows app?
The web edition runs in your browser and hands you the command — copied to the clipboard, or as a .bat file — because a web page has no business running things on your PC. The Windows app launches them directly.
Windows warned me about the download. Is it safe?
It is not code signed, so SmartScreen shows its usual warning on a file it has not seen before. Click More info, then Run anyway. A code-signing certificate is a recurring annual cost, and it is not one we want to put behind a tool we give away.
Does it change any settings itself?
No. It opens Windows’ own dialogs, control panel applets and commands. Whatever you change, you change in Windows’ own interface, exactly as if you had found it yourself.
Do I need to install anything else first?
No. It is a single portable executable with no runtime to install beforehand and nothing left behind if you delete it.
Will it work on Windows 10?
Yes — Windows 10 and Windows 11, both 64-bit. The web edition works anywhere with a modern browser.
What happened to version 6.7?
Version 8.0 is a ground-up rebuild rather than an update. Old builds still float around on third-party mirrors; this page always has the current one.
Can I use it at work?
Yes. There is no commercial tier and no licence to buy. Sysadmins have been running it on managed estates for years.
Version History
- v8.0 — 8 August 2026 — Ground-up rebuild. New interface, search across every entry, favourites, light and dark themes, and a browser edition.
- v6.6 — March 2020 — the last release of the original panel.
Download Ultimate Settings Panel today
Completely free — version 8.0, no strings attached. Free at home, free at work.
Not code-signed, so Windows may warn on first run — click More info, then Run anyway. The project also lives on GitHub, where the release notes and the web edition live.
Windows may show a “Windows protected your PC” warning the first time you run the desktop edition. That means SmartScreen has not seen the file before, not that anything is wrong with it. Here is why our builds are unsigned, and how to verify your download against its SHA-256 hash — we will never ask you to switch SmartScreen off.
Support
Ultimate Settings Panel is free and always will be — at home and at work.
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