Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long

I could be wrong, but I think this is the first full explanation we’ve had from Microsoft about why it’s taken so long to get ...
Android

Windows 11 settings gain control panel features in 24H2

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 ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Windows 11's design lead says Microsoft plans to modernize legacy features like Control Panel and Device Manager

The tech giant is "building out tooling to scale modernizing other dialogs across Windows 11." ...
Neowin

Microsoft, it is time to move these five parts of Control Panel to Windows 11's Settings app

Recent Windows 11 updates moved a bunch of Control Panel bits to the Settings app, but there are plenty left. Here are five that Microsoft should consider modernizing. The September 2025 non-security ...
TweakTown

Microsoft herds more Control Panel options into Windows 11's Settings app where they should be

TL;DR: Windows 11 build 26200.5742 continues the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features to the Settings app. In this preview release, Microsoft has shifted across some time and ...
TechSpot

New Windows 11 beta brings more changes to Control Panel settings

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...