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Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 316 points 2 years 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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  • [–] 148 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Yeah. This sounds a lot like some PM type thinks they're gonna get rid of control panel, and they just don't know what all is actually in there.

    And not to mention the custom control panel applets hanging around out there from who-knows-what vendors.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I wonder if there would be a way to "embed" those old panel applets into the new settings somehow.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I bet they at most remove control.exe or make it open the Settings app, but still allow launching old vendor .cpl items just like they already can be opened in Control Panel.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    This is already implemented on a lot of the settings pages on 11.

    Edit: just wanted to add I don't think well. I use it at work.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And not to mention the custom control panel applets hanging around out there from who-knows-what vendors.

    AMD FirePro and Catalyst users are going to probably stay on an older version of the OS, considering most of those users are going to be educational institutions, engineering workshops, makerspaces/hackerspaces etc.

    Can't think of any other vendor products that integrated quite as much into the legacy control panel area

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm thinking of highly niche industrial and embedded products who are likely to be left behind.

    A major traditional selling point for Windows has always been the backwards compatibility.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    That's M$ intention, to hide some settings from users and lose control of Windows.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Right, I forgot, MS doesn't want you to have control what programs are doing or how your computer works. Corporate way or....linux.

    I may be technologically challenged but Microsoft has been steadily selling me on linux ever since windows 10.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Linux is just straight up easier to use than an unfucked windows.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    See, that may be the case. Or it might not be. It's a risk vz reward right now. I am not good with computers and have had my PC, laptop, phone and smart watch, inexplicably break, get stuck on boot and had to have them repaired. I just know my mistakes are easier to screw up my computer and data on linux. So the worse MS gets, the more I am willing to risk it.

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