Administrative Tools Metro Tile, Control Panel "God Mode" Metro Tile, Windows Update Metro Tile , Windows Explorer Search Metro Tile for Windows 11 & Server 2025

The following script will add new Metro styled tiles for Power Admin Users to the start menu for Windows 11 & Server 2025. 

Windows 11 Start Menu showing pinned Control Panels, Administrative Tools 

and Windows Update icons. 

You must manually search for these icons and pin them to the Start Menu in Win11.

Windows 11 Start Menu

Search for any of the following icons to pin to start menu.

Admin tiles include;  

1. Windows Explorer Search - go directly to Windows Explorer and perform a search - not in Win11
2. Control Panel (Standard Icons)  - links to a list of all icons as in Windows 7/S2008, not category 
3. Control Panel (All Tasks) - list all tasks, a hidden feature  
4. Control Panel (All Settings) - referred to as "God Mode" in Win 7/S2008, a hidden feature
5. Administrative Tools - root link, not a sub-directory of Control Panel as in current Tile in Win 10
6. Windows Update - a better designed icon

Purchase $2.25 USD, Download and Install 

Download AdminIconsWin11-PU.zip

License:

Free for personal use. 

Commercial license of $2.25 per each Windows user account.

Bulk discount available. License and Disclaimers listed in scripts.
Fines of minimum $10,000 USD per user, for illegal commercial use.

             Contact metadataconsult [(at)] gmail.com for a commercial license.

Instructions: 

Purchase $2.25 USD, Download and Install 

It's amazing at this price, everyone is too cheap to but it 😁

1. Unzip. 
   
   
2. Run PowerShell as Administrator
   
   

   1.Press the Windows Key.

   2.Type "PowerShell".

   3.Instead of just clicking it, press Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

   
   

   Alternatively: Right-click "Windows PowerShell" and select Run as Administrator. 

   
   

   
   
3. Type AdminIconsWin11-PU.ps1, press return to run. 
4. Complete.
   
   If you see the above light green messages in the console area of the PowerShell ISE, the you have successfully run the script. 
   
   If you see red, you may have re-run the PowerShell IDE with administrator privileges.  Use Windows Search for PowerShell, right-click and run with Administrative privileges, see article here.

If you have issues further issues, email for help.

Tags: Administrative Tools Tile, Control Panel "God Mode" Tile, Windows Update Tile, Windows Explorer Search Tile for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2