Microsoft appears to be continuing its slow but steady effort to phase out one of the oldest parts of the Windows interface.

The Control Panel has been part of Windows since 1985, making it nearly 40 years old—and even the 'new' Settings app was introduced in 2012 with Windows 8. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Last week, Microsoft wanted to throw the Control Panel into the scrap heap. Now the company is rowing back a little. The classic Windows Control Panel is outdated, Microsoft wrote in a support article ...

Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) provides users with two ways to access settings, the traditional Control Panel with access to various functions and tools, as well as the new Modern UI Settings app.

The Control Panel is a trusty, rusty old friend for a lot of us Windows users, going all the way back to the operating system’s original release in the 1980s. But Microsoft has been trying to get rid ...

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