Microsoft is phasing out the Control Panel in Windows 11 in favor of the Settings app, but the transition is careful due to ...

Microsoft is internally building new tools that would modernize more pop-ups, including legacy dialogs and system UI.

Speaking to Windows users on X this week, Microsoft's Director of Design, March Rogers, said the company is working to ...

The power is there, but you shouldn't have to be an archaeologist to find it ...

The tech giant is "building out tooling to scale modernizing other dialogs across Windows 11." ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...

You will soon have fewer reasons to open the old Control Panel in Windows 11 as Microsoft is moving more mouse options to the Settings app. Windows 11's Settings app is a much better place than it ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 build 26200.5742 continues the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features to the Settings app. In this preview release, Microsoft has shifted across some time and ...

Microsoft has been slowly moving to iradicate the Control Panel from Windows for well over a decade at this point. It began with Windows 8 in 2012, and has slowly progressed through Windows 10 and now ...

Recent Windows 11 updates moved a bunch of Control Panel bits to the Settings app, but there are plenty left. Here are five that Microsoft should consider modernizing. The September 2025 non-security ...

Windows 11 is packed with hidden features beyond AI. Discover nine powerful tools, shortcuts, and settings that can boost ...

Windows 11 features that can slow down a PC include Recall, OneDrive, startup apps, widgets, and user interface animations.