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Windows has become a maze of control panels, and it's making basic maintenance harder

Control Panel? Did you mean Settings? Or did you mean to run a Bing search?
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 ...
PC Magazine

New Windows 11 Build Tests Universal Control for PC Accessory RGB Lighting

A universal app that can control the RGB lighting for your various PC accessories is now rolling out in Windows 11 through a beta build. The so-called “Dynamic Lighting” panel is shipping in Windows ...
TechSpot

Microsoft confirms (then negates) it is finally killing the Windows Control Panel in favor of the Settings app

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 ...
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 ...
TechRepublic

How to add Control Panel access to File Explorer in Windows 11

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 ...