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We finally know why Windows 11's revamped Control Panel is taking so long

Microsoft doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.
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Microsoft moves a key feature from Control Panel to Settings — but Windows 11 still has a jarring identity crisis here

Microsoft has moved another piece of the Control Panel to Settings This happened in the latest preview build of Windows 11 Don't expect the migration of the entire Control Panel to happen anytime soon ...
TweakTown

Microsoft herds more Control Panel options into Windows 11's Settings app where they should be

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 ...
Neowin

Microsoft, it is time to move these five parts of Control Panel to Windows 11's Settings app

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 ...
The Verge

Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long

It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...
TweakTown

Microsoft is looking to get rid of the Control Panel in Windows 11

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...
Windows Central

The Windows Control Panel is one step closer to death as account rename option makes its way to Windows 11's Settings app

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 ...