With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page. The SYSTEM ...

Microsoft has started testing the removal of the venerable System control panel on Windows 10 and instead redirecting users to the modern About page. The System control panel allows users to get a ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual. Based on a couple of ...

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 ...

How to add Control Panel access to File Explorer in Windows 11 Your email has been sent Under normal operating conditions, users and even administrators do not need to access the old Windows Control ...

When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...

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