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Microsoft moves yet another feature to settings as it plans to scrap the control panel

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The Control Panel on Windows 11 is one step closer to death

Microsoft is adding the ability to rename your user account to the Windows 11 Settings app, ported over from the legacy Control Panel.
TweakTown

Microsoft herds more Control Panel options into Windows 11's Settings app where they should be

TL;DR: Windows 11 build 26200.5742 continues the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features to the Settings app. In this preview release, Microsoft has shifted across some time and ...
The Verge

Microsoft isn’t removing the Control Panel from Windows anytime soon

Rumors of the death of the Control Panel have been greatly exaggerated. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel have been greatly exaggerated. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...
TechSpot

Microsoft confirms (then negates) it is finally killing the Windows Control Panel in favor of the Settings app

What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s. However, its days are numbered as ...