Microsoft has been hemorrhaging the Windows Control Panel for several years. More and more functions are migrating to the operating system’s “Settings.” However, some options can still only be ...

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 ...

And Microsoft’s adding your phone app notifications to the Start Menu. And Microsoft’s adding your phone app notifications to the Start Menu. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft's seemingly never-ending quest to migrate features from the legacy Control Panel to the Settings app in Windows 11 has taken another few small ...

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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 ...

So Control Panel power users can still use it, though it probably wouldn't hurt to familiarize yourself with the Settings menu since Microsoft's support page still says you're "encouraged to use the ...