Windows control panels are dialog boxes that display the current settings for all the configurable elements in the computer. All control panels can be accessed from the Start menu. In Windows 10, ...

In future versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has removed the venerable 'Administrative Tools' and added a new 'Windows Tools' control panel with almost double the number of tools promoted within it.

So Control Panel power users can still use it, though it probably wouldn't hurt to familiarize yourself with the Settings menu since Microsoft's support page still says you're "encouraged to use the ...

The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along the way that it should be replaced with something more modern. The thing ...