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 either ...

The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along the way that it should be replaced with something more modern. The thing ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual. Based on a couple of ...

Microsoft is set to retire the Control Panel in Windows 11, gradually moving its functions to the Settings app. Although Microsoft has not specified an exact timeline for this transition, the shift ...

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 ...

When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...

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 get rid ...

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 ...

Microsoft appears to be moving mouse options over from the legacy Control Panel to the Settings app We don’t know if this ...