The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along ...

A final restart of Windows is not necessary. If you now right-click on the desktop and go to “Show more options,” the new “Control Panel” entry will appear in the menu.

The Control Panel first appeared in Windows 1.0 so it’s about as legacy as it gets. The Settings app, on the other hand, appeared in 2012 and was introduced with a bare-bones set of features ...

The Control Panel has been a key part of Windows since it was introduced in 1985 with Windows 1.0. For many years, it was the main place where users could access system settings and manage their ...

The Control Panel is a rusty old part of Windows 11 that has been superseded by the Settings app, although they’re effectively the same thing – just a whole bunch of settings.

But it's also worth noting that since the Control Panel has never been on an official list of Deprecated features for Windows 10 or 11, then it’s possible that this was a simple mistake.

Windows 11 still has a Control Panel, but Microsoft is slowly picking away at what's left of its carcass, with another ability moved to the Settings app.

One of those is the venerable Control Panel; while earlier versions of Windows had a Control Panel, they weren't quite like the one that's made its way from Windows 95 all the way to Windows 11 today.