Now, when you check Windows 11 Desktop, you will find an icon with direct access to the Control Panel app. . Note, we could have accomplished the same thing by adding a shortcut to the Windows 11 ...

There, type in "control panel" and click "OK," and it should open. In newer versions of Windows 10, many functions of the Task Manager have been replaced by the Settings app.

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page.