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Everything I need is still in in the old settings windows that haven't changed in 23 years (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't know why I even bother opening the settings app

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wanted to open "devices and printers" and it opened some bullshit in the settings app and it didn't tell me the model of PC I have, then I clicked on "more information" or something like that and it opened the old "devices and printers" like I wanted in the first place.

Not all new things are good, Microsoft. Don't fix what isn't broken. I know new features make the shareholders jizz in their pants, but I want my system to continue working the way I need it to work. I've had to go out and get quite a few third party apps just to get around all the bullshit you keep changing for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes. Well when I want to modify my IP address I do:

Win+R

Then I enter:

Ncpa.cpl

And hit enter. So easy.

Not so easy is the more useful printer settings:

Win+R

Then:

shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}

🤦🏻

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wtf bro what does that even mean

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is how you open the dialogs you're looking for instead of randomly clicking through 4 items deep in this new crappy UI

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, is it this: A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A? No common name?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

New crappy UI that was also reorganized about 4 times since Windows 10 launched, so depending on how old of a build (and with Windows update breakage it could be quite old!) is on the computer that was just dropped before you you might have to click for a while

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

its faster to change the ip using the win11 settings app than with Control panel, also DNS over HTTPS is missing from control panel and only available in the settings app