cant find my nvidia control panel icon help

Look in the Control Panel for the Icon...
Start Button \ Control Panel, or My Computer \ Explorer \ Control Panel... if you still can't find it, try searching for it with the Widows Search application or a third party search application like "Everything", "Locate32", "Copernic".. (first one should find it instantly).. If you still can't find it, You can create a new Shortcut icon.. Go to the C:\Program files\Nvidia folder and right click on the program's .exe file and create a shortcut, and paste it on your Desktop. And if you cant find the program, you may have to reinstall it.

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