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These Windows settings still aren't in the Settings app — and might never be

The Settings app handles the basics fine, but these tweaks still send you straight back to the Control Panel ...
PC Magazine

Microsoft: Control Panel Is Sticking Around, But Settings App Is Preferred

Microsoft: Control Panel Is Sticking Around, But Settings App Is Preferred Microsoft quietly updates its settings page to swap the word 'deprecated' for 'migrated' as it relates to Control Panel. But ...
TechSpot

New Windows 11 beta brings more changes to Control Panel settings

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 ...
MUO on MSN

The Control Panel isn't dying after all — here's what Microsoft is actually doing with it

The power user may finally be getting the GUI control hub they have always wanted.
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 ...
The Verge

Windows 11 is finally getting mouse settings that let you avoid the Control Panel

You will soon be able to disable ‘enhance pointer precision’ and flip your mouse scrolling direction easily. You will soon be able to disable ‘enhance pointer precision’ and flip your mouse scrolling ...
ZDNet

Microsoft isn't killing Windows Control Panel after all

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 ...