Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel The Settings app has taken over, but Control Panels aren't going anywhere yet.

The Control Panel feature has been around since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft plans to replace it with the more modern Settings app.

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.