What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s. However, its days are numbered as ...

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 ...

When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...

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 either ...

To disable startup applications on Windows 11, open the Settings app and navigate to Apps > Startup, and click the toggle next to the app you want to disable. Windows 10 also provides options to ...

Microsoft has confirmed that, since November 12, some Windows 10 users have been unable to update or uninstall packaged applications like Microsoft Teams. This known issue is caused by the WinAppSDK 1 ...