Y ou might have heard about Microsoft killing the classic Control Panel in Windows 11. The idea is to move items in the Control Panel to the Settings app. While that has been happening ...

Despite all their best efforts to marginalize the Windows 11 Control Panel, it’s still a vital tool for troubleshooting. We show you how to add direct access to your desktop.

1] Open Control Panel in Elevated Mode using Shortcut. Since Control Panel doesn’t already have a desktop shortcut, you need to create one for Control Panel so that it will run in elevated mode.

For 12 years -- from Windows 8 to 10 to 11 -- Microsoft has been moving more individual tools to the Settings app. However, Control Panel remains as accessible as ever with most of the usual ...

Microsoft has apparently moved another Control Panel setting to the Windows 11 "Settings" app. The change is currently hidden and not enabled by default, so Insiders must activate it manually.