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 ...

Microsoft is phasing out the Control Panel in Windows 11 in favor of the Settings app, but the transition is careful due to ...

Yeah. If they want to deprecate it, they need to replace its functionality first. I find the new settings panel to be all but useless about ~90% of the time. It can't be THAT hard for a company the ...

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

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 ...

Microsoft has removed another piece of functionality from the Control Panel in Windows 11, redirecting folks heading to the Fonts section to its equivalent in the Settings app. The old-style Control ...

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 ...

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) ...

You will soon have fewer reasons to open the old Control Panel in Windows 11 as Microsoft is moving more mouse options to the Settings app. Windows 11's Settings app is a much better place than it ...

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 ...