Windows 11 and Windows 10 aren’t on the brink of seeing the Control Panel shuffling off into the sunset, Microsoft has clarified. As Ars Technica reports, this follows a string of articles last week ...

Microsoft is accelerating the move of Control Panel features to Settings in Windows 11. The recent Windows 11 Canary Update brings more time and language settings to Settings. The fast-paced change ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2020, we wrote, "Microsoft Might Kill the Classic Control Panel Soon," adding that to do so, it needed to fix the Settings menu that would be replacing it. A year later, we wrote that Microsoft was ...

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 ...

Microsoft has backpedaled its decision to forcefully redirect users from the Network Connections (ncpa.cpl) control panel to the Advanced Network Settings screen in Windows 11 preview builds.

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 ...

Those who were brave enough to download Windows 11 might have noticed that, while the new OS is more attractive than those before it, some interfaces are stuck in the stone age. If I had to rank ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2017. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. A. One of the most ...

How to add direct Control Panel access in Windows 11 desktop Your email has been sent Since the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update in 2017, Microsoft has systematically marginalized the ...

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 ...