Microsoft is actively migrating 'all the old Control Panel controls into the modern Settings apps,' paving the way for the ...

More than a decade later, it’s still working on migrating all the old Control Panel items into the modern Settings app in ...

Microsoft doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Microsoft continues migrating Control Panel to Settings, but legacy hardware and drivers slow progress in Windows 11.

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 ...