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

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.

Specifically, it’s possible to tweak the Start menu so that options like Documents, Pictures, Computer, and Control Panel produce fly-out menus when you mouse over them.

Microsoft has started testing the removal of the venerable System control panel on Windows 10 and instead redirecting users to the modern About page.

Microsoft continues to chip away at the venerable Windows 10 Control Panel by now testing the redirection of the 'Program and Features' control panel to the modern 'Apps & Features' Settings page.