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. Based on a couple of ...

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows' 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has ...

In Windows 8, Microsoft introduced PC Settings, a modern, touch optimized app that contained many of the same features, but referred back to the Control Panel for more advanced settings.

Finding and opening the Control Panel in Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7 is a handy skill in many scenarios. Here we reveal how to do it in a few steps quickly.

If your Control Panel will not open in Windows 11/10/8/7, then this post will help you troubleshoot and fix the problem. Your computer may be infected with malware, the .cpl file may have become ...

Learn how Windows 7 changes access to encryption and credential management features in its revised Control Panel apps ...

The only steps we had to take (as in any graphics configuration) involved specifying the monitors’ relative positions, in Windows 8’s Display Settings control panel.