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Computer mouse in trap

Microsoft’s slow, piecemeal killing of the Control Panel in Windows 11 continues

The death of the Control Panel has been anything but quick and painless. The gradual migration to the Settings app has seen the Control Panel lingering on in a software hospice as Microsoft slowly chips away at it.

This legacy component of Windows remains home to various system settings that cannot be changed elsewhere, but hints have been spotted in builds of Windows Server that the end is drawing closer.

By Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson -
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