Little by little, the bird makes its nest. By unveiling Windows 11 a few months ago, Microsoft made a vow and promise to simplify the settings of its operating system. If everything was not yet finalized with the release of Windows 11, the American company distils over the updates of its new OS, small improvements in this direction.
The latest Windows 11 update offered to Insiders is no exception and takes a further step towards simplifying settings, bringing even closer the brave Control Panel, which was once the nerve center of Windows, towards his grave.
Microsoft has moved the menu for uninstalling updates from the Control Panel to integrate them directly into Settings, within Windows Update, where an Update History menu has been added. In addition, the links to Programs and Features, which until now were an integral part of Control Panel, now open directly to the Settings> Applications> Installed applications page. Also new, the advanced network settings have been moved. They too abandon the Control Panel to directly integrate the Settings application.
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Unfortunately, the work of simplifying Windows Settings is a long process for Microsoft. Since the release of Windows 8 in 2012, the American company has tried to break away from the Control Panel and introduced an independent Settings application. However, for the proper functioning of Windows and some elements inherited from older versions of the OS, Microsoft was forced to keep the Control Panel. For years, users have been forced to juggle it and the Settings app to configure the OS to suit their needs. With the arrival of Windows 10, improvements were made, but the Control Panel was still essential to access certain operating system settings.
With Windows 11, Microsoft has promised to deliver ” continuous effort to transfer settings from Control Panel to Settings app “. Fingers crossed that the team in charge of the development of Windows 11 reach their goal … before the release of Windows 12.
Source: The verge