Migration to the Setting app is still going on.

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been steadily working to deprecate the Control Panel, moving key functionalities to the more modern Settings app. While I am all for user-centric changes, this ...

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows’ 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either ...

Despite all their best efforts to marginalize the Windows 11 Control Panel, it’s still a vital tool for troubleshooting. We show you how to add direct access to your desktop. Since the release of the ...

As Microsoft updates and improves Windows, it is also removing features it no longer finds useful. These features are added to a list of deprecated Windows functions. The latest addition to this list ...

Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use these configuration ...

Windows: For quick access to individual Control Panel tools, like display options and administrative tools, type some simple commands into Windows' run dialog. It'll save you the hassle of jumping ...

The Windows user interface has a certain archaeological quality to it. While the upper layers tend to be new—using the styling and conventions of the day—dig a little deeper and you can find elements ...