Microsoft has been phasing out the Control Panel in favor of the Settings app since 2012. But more than a decade later, it’s still in no hurry to disappear. The Control Panel is still necessary for ...

How to add direct Control Panel access in Windows 11 desktop Your email has been sent Since the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update in 2017, Microsoft has systematically marginalized the ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual. Based on a couple of ...

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 ...

How to add Control Panel access to File Explorer in Windows 11 Your email has been sent Under normal operating conditions, users and even administrators do not need to access the old Windows Control ...

Windows UI dumbing down for desktop use is one of the more irksome trends of the last 20 years, IMO. Peak useability was probably reached in the mid 2000s. Edit. I am somewhat amazed that there are ...