Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel have been greatly exaggerated. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel ...

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 ...

What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s. However, its days are numbered as ...

Microsoft moved several options from the Control Panel to the Settings app in a recent Insider build of Windows 11. An ongoing process to move options to the Settings app began in Windows 8. Advanced ...

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. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

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 ...