This Short Microsoft Tweet Explains Why Control Panel Has to Go in Windows 10

[dcs18]

Users of Windows 10 might want to use God Mode — maybe, pinned to the following:—

• Task Bar and/or
• Start Menu and/or
• Desktop Dock

[davmil]

The main reason the control panel is going is, with Windows 10, it falsely implies to the user that he/she has some "control" over their Microsoft's OS install, PC, bandwidth, internet connection, updates, privacy,...

M$ are just protecting themselves from litigation in case someone sues arguing that a control panel implies the existence of user control. Something named "settings" doesn't have that implication. :)

I think you said it better in your signature: Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

[steven36]

Remember its not what you want, but what microsoft wants now that matters. :s

They removed the start menu in Window 8/8.1 it never got over less than 14 percent of marketshare with these 2 versions combined . Looks like they would learn removing stuff is just not good for business. Just like they removed ability to turn off auto updates and to turn off all data harvesting in windows 10 . If they would made the O/S a little more like Windows 7 and less like a phone a whole lot more people would be using it already . But as it stands there having a hard time giving it away much less will they ever be able to sell it next year?

[mkc21]

when I saw the old control panel still in w10 i thought: wtf ms? really? This is an unprecedently nasty decision as keeping two things that do practically the same thing doesn't make any sense at all

[steven36]

when I saw the old control panel still in w10 i thought: wtf ms? really? This is an unprecedently nasty decision as keeping two things that do practically the same thing doesn't make any sense at all

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 has PC settings and a control panel its not about making sense its about choice . If they take all you're choices away you be stuck with something Microsoft wants you to have and not something you chose to have .

[CODYQX4]

People are salty as hell, but as long as they don't make things impossible to change, I don't care.

How is this different from them shuffling XP to Vista for no reason whatsoever?

As long as the same things can be changed, I don't care about Control Panel.

As far as 3rd Party control panels, those suck and are usually just shortcuts to the app that controls the settings. That can just be a shortcut in the Start Menu.

[steven36]

People are salty as hell, but as long as they don't make things impossible to change, I don't care.

How is this different from them shuffling XP to Vista for no reason whatsoever?

As long as the same things can be changed, I don't care about Control Panel.

As far as 3rd Party control panels, those suck and are usually just shortcuts to the app that controls the settings. That can just be a shortcut in the Start Menu.

Microsoft never tired to force people to use Vista like they did windows 10 that's a big difference they even extended updates for XP tell way after windows 7 came out . I turned my old pc that had windows 10 on into a Linux box and Im on a brand new windows 8.1 that was built right before Windows 10 came out . 1st thing it did was try to install windows 10 on it. I had delete updates and hide other updates . ^_^

[mkc21]

when I saw the old control panel still in w10 i thought: wtf ms? really? This is an unprecedently nasty decision as keeping two things that do practically the same thing doesn't make any sense at all

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 has PC settings and a control panel its not about making sense its about choice . If they take all you're choices away you be stuck with something Microsoft wants you to have and not something you chose to have .

people can't decide what's better for them, people only care about criticizing. If it were up to some we'd be still using w 3.11. Just saying..

[steven36]

when I saw the old control panel still in w10 i thought: wtf ms? really? This is an unprecedently nasty decision as keeping two things that do practically the same thing doesn't make any sense at all

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 has PC settings and a control panel its not about making sense its about choice . If they take all you're choices away you be stuck with something Microsoft wants you to have and not something you chose to have .

people can't decide what's better for them, people only care about criticizing. If it were up to some we'd be still using w 3.11. Just saying..

I got tell January 10, 2023 tell need to worry with upgrading to windows 10 really I gave it a try didn't think it was stable enough to many bugs with some of my programs . Maybe if it gains any real popularity before that i may try it again . :P