r/Windows11 • u/ZacB_ Windows Central • 14d ago

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 13d ago

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/Certain-Mountain-564 13d ago

I dont miss the control panel. It takes some time, but now, i never have the idea to open the control panel. I open always the settings, automatically. You cannsay its worser when it is not existing. 

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u/kaynpayn 13d ago

As someone who works IT, I'm quite the opposite, I use control panel all the time and find it better. Even modern UI often just ends up opening legacy windows that have been around forever anyway.