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Microsoft moves a key feature from Control Panel to Settings — but Windows 11 still has a jarring identity crisis here

Microsoft has moved another piece of the Control Panel to Settings This happened in the latest preview build of Windows 11 Don't expect the migration of the entire Control Panel to happen anytime soon ...

Nvidia kills Windows XP-era Control Panel “after 20 years of dedicated service”

Shiny new Nvidia apps like the GeForce Experience and the “Nvidia app” have come and gone, but the old Nvidia Control Panel ...
TweakTown

Microsoft is looking to get rid of the Control Panel in Windows 11

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...
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 ...
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Windows 11 Overhaul: Why is Microsoft Replacing Decades-Old Dialog Boxes?

Microsoft has started replacing several legacy dialog boxes in Windows 11, a move that could gradually remove interface elements that have survived since the Wi ...