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Despite all their best efforts to marginalize the Windows 11 Control Panel, it’s still a vital tool for troubleshooting.
The epic Windows 11 questline to dump the old Control Panel completely from Microsoft's desktop OS continues - but it's painfully slow progress.
Microsoft recently released new Dev and Beta builds of Windows 11 to Insider testers. According to prolific build explorer "phantomofearth," the updates introduce another change to how ...
The Control Panel has been a part of Windows since Windows 1.0. However, as Windows 11 has reached more than half a billion devices, Microsoft is aiming to fine-tune the features in Windows 11 to ...
With the right code and edits to the Registry File, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer.
Windows 11 is preparing to move closer to saying goodbye to the Control Panel.
Simultaneously, Microsoft demonstrated immense foresight by retaining the Control Panel from older Windows versions instead of nuking it and using Settings as the sole interface.
Even in Windows 11, the Control Panel remains essential for advanced (and a few not-so-advanced) functions and settings. I find myself dipping into its antiquated icon-based navigation at least ...
The Control Panel has been part of Windows since 1985, making it nearly 40 years old—and even the 'new' Settings app was introduced in 2012 with Windows 8.
An internal build of Windows 11 had a hidden “Soundscape” page, presumably to replace 'Sounds' settings in the Control Panel.