M icrosoft’s modernization of the Windows UI has been a long, winding road culminating in the sleek appearance of Windows 11.

Control Panel still exists 'for compatibility reasons,' but Microsoft is encouraging people to 'use the Settings app, whenever possible' since that will soon be the only option.

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 a… ...

This may not be a surprise for many Windows users. Since October 2020, Microsoft has been redirecting users away from the Control Panel, goading them to use the Settings app instead.

Microsoft isn't killing Windows Control Panel after all The 40-year-old tool still seems to have plenty of life left, though certain settings will continue to be deprecated.

Is the Control Panel disappearing from Windows? Explore Microsoft's approach and what this means for long-time users.

One of those is the venerable Control Panel; while earlier versions of Windows had a Control Panel, they weren't quite like the one that's made its way from Windows 95 all the way to Windows 11 today.

The Windows Control Panel’s imminent demise once again looms large. I refuse to give it up.

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 ...

The Control Panel is a trusty, rusty old friend for a lot of us Windows users, going all the way back to the operating system’s original release in the 1980s. But Microsoft has been trying to ...

Microsoft has been trying to get rid of the Control Panel for over a decade now, seemingly because it uses an ancient interface that's been part of Windows for almost 40 years.