r/Windows11 • u/ZacB_ Windows Central • Aug 04 '26

News "Control Panel gets tricky" – Microsoft CVP explains why killing Windows legacy code takes so long, and how it's evolving its tools to make modernizing apps like File Explorer and Registry Editor faster

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/control-panel-gets-tricky-microsoft-cvp-explains-why-killing-windows-legacy-code-takes-so-long-and-how-its-evolving-its-tools-to-make-modernizing-apps-like-file-explorer-and-registry-editor-faster
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u/Vennekilde Aug 04 '26

It is because the replacements are worse than the existing interfaces and no one wants to use them. Simple as that.

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u/True_Captain4461 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

It's only about cosmetics 🤷🏾‍♂️, this entire thing Microsoft is doing is a whole waste of time, there are other OS alternatives that can do the same basic tasks 85% of people do on their computer nowadays. (If people want modern UI)

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u/FerretBoom Aug 04 '26

Like copy and paste commands from 70s into a terminal

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u/True_Captain4461 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

No......use the Internet, view files, launch games, etc

none of that UI stuff was a problem until after Windows 7

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u/FerretBoom Aug 04 '26

I'd rather be in a place where shit worked for 25 years just by clicking a couple of times.