According to a new Microsoft support page that covers several different aspects of PC management in both Windows 10 and 11, Control Panel’s end is nigh. We still don’t know an exact date, though: ...

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.

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 ...

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 that don’t exist in the new PC Settings app.

Most Windows options are now available in the modernized Settings apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11. However, a few loose ends remain in the aging Control Panel window.

If you know the right code and edit the Registry File in the right way, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer. We’ll show you how.