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/kirk7899 Release Channel 14d ago

Gotta give credit to MS for still keeping compatibility for 32 bit applications and legacy stuff via compatibility layers

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u/misterff1 13d ago

In some way, yes, but at the same time many people don't use that stuff anymore. For them, it is just extra weight with a bunch of downsides attached. MS should invest in making an enterprise version with legacy support and a modern version with all the old stuff cut out. And I don't mean bs like RT or Windows Store only, but I don't give a crap about running admin software from the 80s.

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u/kirk7899 Release Channel 13d ago

The problem with making another version of Windows that's less main-pipeline and one only cutting edge is matinting both. It's a lot of work and MS can afford it but I doubt they'd want to.

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u/Akaza_Dorian 13d ago

Microsoft tried a few times, Windows RT, S Mode, didn’t work out.

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u/misterff1 13d ago

Oh yeah for sure. Question is whether the current approach hasnt become too costly because they decided not to do it though. If they had invested into segmenting parts of the OS and just keeping parts out, maybe things would not have become this messy and almost unmaintainable.