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 has been phasing out the Control Panel in favor of the Settings app since 2012. But more than a decade later, it’s still in no hurry to disappear. The Control Panel is still necessary for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel have been greatly exaggerated. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel ...

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 ...

UPDATE 8/27: Microsoft has updated its support page to remove the word "deprecated" from the Control Panel section. It now says: "Many of the settings in Control Panel are in the process of being ...