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Classic and Extended Control Panel — no need to say goodbye

Posted on March 24, 2025 at 02:45 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

ISSUE 22.12 • 2025-03-24

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

By Deanna McElveen

Microsoft is migrating applets out of the Windows 11 Control Panel and into the fancy Settings app in Windows 11, but not all of us are ready to give it up just yet.

Whether Control Panel is retired quickly or slowly, its days are numbered.

Peter Panisz created a program for Windows 10 and Windows 11 called Classic and Extended Control Panel, and it is just great. It retains the simple layout and feel of Windows Control Panel, launches the traditions applets, and does so much more.

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.12.0, 2025-03-24).
This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

Freeware Spotlight Classic and Extended Control Panel, Control Panel, Newsletters, TranslucentTB

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