If your Control Panel will not open in Windows 11/10/8/7, then this post will help you troubleshoot and fix the problem. Your computer may be infected with malware, the .cpl file may have become ...

In the right pane of Control Panel, double click/tap on Prohibit access to Control Panel and PC settings. This setting disables all Control Panel programs and the PC settings app.

Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings that don’t exist in the new PC Settings app.

As you can see, the control panel is divided into square sections which includes a green ‘Main Systems’ section and controls for functions for example OS shortcuts like Open, Save and Close.

Miss the old XP Control Panel? You can get something close to it in Windows 7. But do you really want to?

His control panel project mimics the robust industrial panels of yesteryear with an array of metal buttons and toggle switches in a sturdy metal case sourced from an old KVM switch.

After widespread discussion and reporting on the move, including PC World's editorial, " Windows will have to pry Control Panel from my cold dead hands " (much respect), Microsoft amended the ...