[zokier]

Another major difference probably is people who log in to Microsoft account vs local account.

I don't remember seeing web results in my start menu, is that a Cortana thing?

I suspect that there are also regional differences, more crap being pushed to US consumers

[AstralStorm]

Web results are still toggled, if you do not agree to Microsoft's data processing during installation you won't get that "feature". That said, search is downgraded from 7s. For instance, it doesn't look at start menu folder names nor executable name anymore...

[cm2187]

Control panel items not showing in the start menu results anymore when you search is also in Win10 and it drives me crazy. It literally looks like the guys designing windows must be using a Mac themselves, or just aren’t computer guys. I just don’t get how things like than wouldn’t annoy them too.

My guess is that decision making in large companies is so slow, so bureaucratic, that everyone has given up on shipping anything else than a mediocre product, even if people individually would design it very differently if they could.

[input_sh]

> It literally looks like the guys designing windows must be using a Mac themselves, or just aren’t computer guys.

Or maybe they're trying to kill the Control Panel all together and switch everyone to the new Settings app, but are aware that doing so immediately would lead to a lot of complaints? So they have both, while slowly nudging you towards using the Settings app so you wouldn't be too angry when you wake up one day in the future and find the Control Panel completely gone.

[cm2187]

Except that until the functionalities of the control panel have been replicated in the new settings, we still need a way to access the control panel. Hiding those functionalities from search in between just doesn't make sense at all.

[tasogare]

And even when functionally fully replicated, the settings app UI is really questionable, and somewhat hard to use.

[throwaway8941]

This. I think they removed at least half of the items from "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items" compared to Windows 7/8/first builds of 10. In a few years Control Panel will be removed altogether.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

I would mind it less if they would actually make the settings app feature complete!