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Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This doesn't say they're removing it, just deprecating it. I thought it had been deprecated for ages

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't imagine that they won't be removing it eventually though.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why would they? They still have dialogues from Windows 95, if not before. Microsoft pretty much never removes anything, they just hide it and add new stuff on top because they're terrified of breaking backward compatibility.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That ODBC window has been there since about Win 3.1 I think. Watching those completely unresizeable forms pop up in the middle of my 1440p monitor is always amusing.

I can just see some guy coding that, thinking "why would it need to be bigger? It's practically the full screen!"

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure if regedit has changed much either, certainly seems like it's the same since using it in xp? Odbc windows are 100% 3.1 though.

Feel like task scheduler, event viewer and partitioning tools have been relatively static as well, but they're not as old as the odbc window. Tbh I'm not surprised that administrative/dev tools haven't had a ui change.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

that's fading though. it's coming as they push towards the walled garden.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sure, but they'll still be available because Windows Server customers use them, and it's easier to just leave it in for both than to remove it for the retail release. So they'll probably hide it more, but I'm guessing it'll still be accessible for power users.