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 are several ways to open Nvidia Control Panel app on your Windows 11 computer. But in this post, we will show you a couple of practical ways. These are the only things you need to do without ...

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 In newer versions of Windows 10, many functions of the Task Manager have been replaced by the Settings app.

Control Panel still exists 'for compatibility reasons,' but Microsoft is encouraging people to 'use the Settings app, whenever possible' since that will soon be the only option.

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.

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual.

The Settings app was initially introduced in Windows 8 in 2012 as a touchscreen-friendly alternative for some of the Control Panel applets, but during the Windows 10 era it began picking up more ...

In the future, this means Microsoft could perhaps push users to the modern Settings app instead. Unlike the classic Control panel, it is more easily accessible from the Windows 10 Start Menu.