Screenshots of Windows Control Panel showed the upcoming Recall feature as something that could be removed. A Microsoft ...

In Windows 11, clicking most of the icons in Control Panel opens the Settings menu, so it's already got one foot out the door. It's unclear when Microsoft will remove it entirely from the OS as it ...

However, with the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft began shifting ... the future of the Control Panel remains uncertain. While the decision to remove it hasn’t been completely reversed ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager ... For that, I opened Device Manager through Control Panel, where I was able to remove and then reinstall the necessary driver ...

Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows' 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But ...

Microsoft hasn't announced a specific timeline for when it will remove the Control Panel from Windows, but it's likely to happen once the remaining settings are migrated to the Settings app in the ...

Microsoft will officially part ways with the nostalgic feature. Control Panel allowed users to add devices and printers, adjust the date and time, personalize their desktop, remove unwanted ...

But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about the Control Panel being deprecated in favour of the Settings app.

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 ...

Microsoft wants to replace the Control Panel with the Settings app, but this is a plan the tech giant has had since the early 2010s and the ‘when’ is still uncertain. After nearly 40 years of ...

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