Microsoft Says It Will Soon Deprecate Control to Prioritise Settings App for a ‘Streamlined’ Experience 5t474a Technology News

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Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 23 August 2024 13:30 IST

Microsoft Says It Will Soon Deprecate Control to Prioritise Settings App for a ‘Streamlined’ Experience

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Control on Windows will soon be deprecated, Microsoft announces
The company wants s to use Settings app in its place
Control has been present in every version of Windows since 1.0

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Microsoft has announced that it will soon deprecate an application that has been included in every version of Windows since the introduction of the Windows 1.0 in 1985. The app in question is Control – Microsoft's applet which lets s view and tweak various system settings. It s an exhaustive list of apps and features that have been deprecated by the Redmond-based technology giant in recent years, including the iconic Internet Explorer.

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On a page titled “System configuration tools in Windows”, Microsoft says that its Control acts as a centralised location for viewing and changing system settings and controls, such as system time, hardware and date. However, it is in the process of deprecation.

The tech giant is prioritising the use of the Settings app which is claimed to provide a “more modern and streamlined experience.” Although it has been confirmed that Windows will move on from Control , no timeline has been announced. Microsoft cites compatibility reasons for its current existence.

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Although it has some features which have not been migrated yet, the tech giant advises s to prefer the Settings app to tweak things whenever possible.

The decision to remove the Control from Windows was first announced back in 2015. In response to queries on X (formerly Twitter), Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's Senior Program Manager at the time, said that the Settings app would eventually supersede Control and not all of its features would be carried over. This claim was then bolstered by Gabe Aul, the company's then head of the Insider Program.

In a subsequent comment, Aul cited code complexity and increased disk/memory usage due to having two distinct apps with similar purposes as the probable reason behind this move.

However, Control is not the only app that Microsoft is deprecating. In recent months, the company has Microsoft Store on November 4. For viewing 3D content, s are advised to use the 3D Viewer application.

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