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Microsoft keeps hiding Control Panel, but it's still necessary for these 6 vital tasks

Due to storage considerations, Windows doesn't enable System Protection by default. That means you'll need to turn it on ...
Windows Central

Microsoft moves more settings away from the Control Panel on Windows 11

Microsoft moved several options from the Control Panel to the Settings app in a recent Insider build of Windows 11. An ongoing process to move options to the Settings app began in Windows 8. Advanced ...

Microsoft disables File Explorer preview for downloads to block attacks

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from ...
TweakTown

Microsoft herds more Control Panel options into Windows 11's Settings app where they should be

TL;DR: Windows 11 build 26200.5742 continues the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features to the Settings app. In this preview release, Microsoft has shifted across some time and ...
Neowin

Microsoft moves more Control Panel elements to the Settings app in Windows 110 0

This week, Microsoft dropped plenty of Windows 11 preview builds and non-security updates. Some of them were quite big, like the one for Windows 11 version 24H2, which introduced several new ...
TechSpot

New Windows 11 beta brings more changes to Control Panel settings

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...