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by Jaruzel 2099 days ago
The Control Panel in Windows 10 is now legacy, with most things now under Settings. Eventually it'll go away I guess, but some apps still install their own little control panel applets.

Either way, the best way to access everything you can do in Windows 10 is do it via the 'god mode' folder:

  1. Create a new folder
  2. Rename it to: GodMode.{ed7ba470-8e54-465e-825c-99712043e01c}
  3. Open it
The 'GodMode' part of the name, can be anything you like tbh.
2 comments
nix23 2099 days ago
>with most things now under Settings

Yeah that's the problem, it's not. Microsoft should really be more focused on usability, the whole "i wanna be touch-panel" is just stupid, MS you are a PC! Even Apple said that.

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colejohnson66 2099 days ago
You do get into a bit of a problem when you put Windows on a tablet such as the Surface line. I think that’s what Microsoft was trying to solve with Windows 8, but they failed very badly. They have fixed some things such as removing the Start Screen and putting back a Start Menu, but the fundamental problem of putting a desktop OS on a tablet (touch targets must be bigger than click targets) still exists. I don’t see them fixing it any time soon, but I’d love to be wrong.
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Stevvo 2099 days ago
The problem with the settings app is most things are not included in it.
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