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In case you've ever wondered why the Windows control panel was so awful... (lemmy.world)

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[-] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

There is/was a new Windows 10 Control panel? I thought that was just the Settings app.

[-] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The settings app is the new control panel. There's just also the legacy control panel that they've been trying to remove for years. It's such a shit show that I've memorized the run string for the applets I have to use frequently, because it's a fucking nightmare trying to remember where they moved this in which version of the os.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Man, the Device and Printers one is long as hell lol

shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}

[-] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Try

Control printers

Much easier

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Huh, on Win 11 24H2 this opens the Modern Device and Printers instead of the control panel one.

[-] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Interesting. Guessing that probably means I need to find a new trick when I go to work on newer servers. Damned microsoft....

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