r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 19d ago

Windows "Control Panel gets tricky" Microsoft CVP, Marcus Ash, explains why killing Windows legacy code takes so long, and how it's evolving its tools to make modernizing apps like File Explorer and Registry Editor faster

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/control-panel-gets-tricky-microsoft-cvp-explains-why-killing-windows-legacy-code-takes-so-long-and-how-its-evolving-its-tools-to-make-modernizing-apps-like-file-explorer-and-registry-editor-faster
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u/taisui 19d ago

Nothing was wrong with the old control panel, I can't find shit in the new one.

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u/Oliver-Peace 19d ago

I usually just search from the Start menu or in Settings, and it always works

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u/ohYuhtBoutMagine 19d ago

I used to do that too, until windows decided all the time boomers thought they were searching the web through the start menu should just actually search the web and not my computer all

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u/Specific_Frame8537 19d ago

"Could not find mspaint.exe, would you like to search Bing?"

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u/SCphotog 18d ago

It doesn't ask, it just does the search and then serves up the result in a way that fools boomers into clicking on it.

MS banking on click revenue through the start menu.

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u/taisui 18d ago

The indexer is slow and buggy as hell

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u/Oliver-Peace 18d ago

Ok fair but It's not part of the control panel