Technology @lemmy.world Wilshire @lemmy.world 6mo ago

Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel

arstechnica.com Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel

The Settings app has taken over, but Control Panels aren't going anywhere yet.

Technology @lemmy.world ForgottenFlux @lemmy.world 6mo ago

Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated

arstechnica.com /gadgets/2024/08/microsoft-formally-deprecates-the-39-year-old-windows-control-panel/

346 77

You're viewing a single thread.

180 comments

And just like that the last vestiges of my computing childhood are gone. I'm gonna go sadly play Oregon Trail on an emulator now.
- Good luck finding the settings to allow unregistered exes without the control panel
  
  Could always just use Linux.
  
  How would you do that on Windows control panel?

180 comments