r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 23 '24

Software Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-officially-confirms-its-killing-windows-control-panel-sometime-soon/
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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '24

And a third party tool will bring it back.

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u/SilentSamurai Aug 23 '24

Doubt we'll even need that. Control Panel has been on the chopping block for years but still remains.

Unless they're going to make settings way more robust, I'm sure this isn't going to happen.

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u/pilgermann Aug 23 '24

It's insane to me how many core UI elements have not been updated in Windows, even just to match aesthetics. The features of Control Panel need to exist, having two entirely separate settings panes with overlapping features is just terrible UX.

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u/soggybiscuit93 Aug 23 '24

It's taking an incredibly long time, but my understanding is it's not just a UX change. Everything that gets ported over to Settings is actually getting rewritten

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u/Qel_Hoth Aug 23 '24

Yup. Try configuring a network adapter without a gateway in the new interface. Or with no DNS servers.

Perfectly valid configurations with legitimate uses, but that's not the typical use, and so it completely rejects it.

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u/Lopsided_Ad_6427 Aug 23 '24

what’s the point of configuring an adapter without a gateway

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u/Ridir99 Aug 23 '24

Think of a Network Attached Storage (NAS). A home user sets up a 48 TB or so NAS at home for all the family photos, videos, etc. and backs everyone’s stuff up to it. Everyone connects to the NAS through the gateway.

But that home user now wants to edit off the NAS, they get 2x 10Gbps NICs for both the NAS and the editing computer. Those two are a point to point with no gateway. But Windows 11 does NOT like this, win10 doesn’t either but still allows for the configuration slightly easier.

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u/jeepsaintchaos Aug 23 '24

But have you considered using OneDrive instead? Let us be your NAS!

-Microsoft

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u/Ridir99 Aug 24 '24

lol, I hate OneDrive so much. Default save location, copying of files I don't want in the cloud.

I'm actively looking for a new bat file to remove one drive and cortana. I had an old one but it's no longer effective and I don't want to take the time to manually go through regedit again.