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 ...

The Windows Control Panel has been a cornerstone of Windows since its debut in 1985 with Windows 1.0. Control Panel's interface has evolved dramatically throughout its 39-years history, but it ...

Microsoft isn't killing Windows Control Panel after all The 40-year-old tool still seems to have plenty of life left, though certain settings will continue to be deprecated.

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 ...

The Control Panel first appeared in Windows 1.0 so it’s about as legacy as it gets. The Settings app, on the other hand, appeared in 2012 and was introduced with a bare-bones set of features ...

Windows 11 users now have one less reason to rely on the familiar Control Panel. Microsoft has apparently moved another Control Panel setting to the Windows 11 "Settings" app.

We are pleased to release Windows Access Panel for Windows x86, and x64. While you can use Control Panel to change settings that control nearly everything about how Windows looks and works, in ...

Control Panel may finally be seeing its last days as the Settings app will finally take precedence in Windows. The Settings app was first introduced back in 2012 with the launch of Windows 8, and ...

Microsoft Windows has had a Control Panel feature for nearly four decades. The first version debuted with Windows 1.0 in 1985 as a tool for viewing and changing system settings, and it remained ...

Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will discontinue the Windows Control Panel app in favor of an app it introduced in Windows 8.

The Control Panel feature has been around since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft plans to replace it with the more modern Settings app.

Microsoft has kept its mouth shut for years as the Control Panel has slowly been replaced by the Settings app -- but now its deprecation is official.