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A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app

I kid you not, we wrote these words in 2014: Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings ...
Neowin

Microsoft moves more Control Panel elements to the Settings app in Windows 110 0

Microsoft continues to slowly migrate Control Panel elements to the Settings app. Certain keyboard settings received a modern overhaul in the latest Windows 11 preview builds. @Phantomofearh on X ...
TweakTown

Windows 11 Settings gets another Control Panel feature as painfully slow migration continues

Microsoft has removed another piece of functionality from the Control Panel in Windows 11, redirecting folks heading to the Fonts section to its equivalent in the Settings app. The old-style Control ...
Nasdaq

Microsoft To Phase Out Control-panel Feature In Windows

(RTTNews) - Microsoft (MSFT) announced via a blog post that it is in the process of gradually retiring the traditional Control Panel, a long-standing feature of the Windows operating system, in favor ...
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

Microsoft confirms (then negates) it is finally killing the Windows Control Panel in favor of the Settings app

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 ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I stopped opening the Windows 11 Settings app once I learned the right PowerShell commands

Ditch Windows 11 Settings app for PowerShell commands for lightning-fast system management, bypassing GUI delays and ...