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Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I am pure linux for personal use and mac for work but:

Good. One of the biggest problems Windows has had for the past decade or so is having like three different versions of every menu and needing to figure out which one let you do what you want. Consolidate that shit

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[–] [email protected] 316 points 6 months ago (15 children)

In favor of what? I still have to use control panel because some things are seemingly unreachable by the "settings" menus.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Can someone explain to me the difference from Control Panel to Settings? It seems like more of a name change and of course, the UI will be different, but won't it effectively be a hub to control your personal settings just like control panel?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

TL;DR - It's being ~~replaced~~ renamed to "Settings"

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

But not really. The Settings menu has never been as useful as Control Panel and there's still a ton of functionality that can only be accessed from the Control Panel. This and many other moves by MS recently are why Windows 10 is the last version of Windows I'll be using. With the work Valve has done to support SteamDeck I can finally go 100% Linux.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (4 children)

TLDR, the settings app does not fully incorporate all the minutia of the control panel and power users are naturally going to be upset about the change assuming they stick around that long.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 6 months ago (2 children)

RIP. It’s been coming for a while, and Control Panel will likely be on hospice for a few more years, but it will be a sad day when control panel is gone.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Control Panel will likely be on hospice for a few more years

And I’ll keep visiting Control Panel in hospice. Bite me Microsoft.

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[–] [email protected] 129 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Gone in favor of a less useful interface. Fantastic!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (8 children)

No. Don't worry, they moved the controls to the edge browser! Isn't that great 😃? 👍👍👍.

This will bring so many people to Linux and will force so many others to start their own OSes.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (22 children)

Gone in favor of ~~a less useful interface~~ Powershell commands. Fantastic!