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Miss the old XP Control Panel? You can get something close to it in Windows 7. But do you really want to?
This is a problem I had on the Windows 7 RC, and today with a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium x86. Whenever I go into the control panel and click an icon like "Programs and Features" or ...
Learn how Windows 7 changes access to encryption and credential management features in its revised Control Panel apps Now that Microsoft has made the Windows 7 beta available for public download ...
By default, Windows' 7's Control Panel broadly groups its options, tucking the nitty-gritty stuff you might be looking for into very general categories. You can, however, create a shortcut that ...
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Future versions of Windows 10 might remove the legacy Control Panel app in favor of the modern settings page. The change may come in the fall 2020 update.
If you're comfortable running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, then you probably want to stop the "Get Windows 10" nags. Here's how to make them go away.
Windows Settings app will eventually replace the Control Panel, marking a step towards modernizing Windows features. Microsoft officially announced the deprecation of the Control Panel, confirming ...
Microsoft isn’t removing the Control Panel from Windows imminently. After inaccurate reports, Microsoft has updated its support documents.
With the right code and edits to the Registry File, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer.