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Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm sure they could keep the backend and just update the look and UI frontend though, no?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Maybe, but they can't change the look of all those third party .cpl applets.

    And sure, anyone could theoretically do anything. But this is Microsoft we're talking about. They'll just put another layer of cruft on top of the five or six layers of cruft they've already got and then call it job done.

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

    The whole point of the Settings "app" is to remove the user's ability to do anything on their own computer. The old (and far more functional) UI of the Control Panel won't get updated because Microsoft wants users to get scared when the unpretty UI appears.

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

    That‘s like my bank saying „Hey, use our new website, the old one will be phased out in 6 werks“.

    Me: „Ok, show me my bank statements“.

    Bank: „That‘s only possible on the old site“.

    Not a joke, sadly.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I've had a similar experience with my bank. There is no legacy site to fall back to anymore, sadly. I am still figuring out how to do things on the new site. Years after it was launched.

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