Windows 10: Control Panel is missing and the Settings app doesn't have the settings I need

Hi! I just updated my PC to the latest Windows 10 release 20h2 and the control panel is missing. I use the Network Connections page Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Network Connections every day to get to specific network settings that aren't in the settings app anywhere. I can't find stuff like network adapter properties anywhere. There's still a way to access the Network Connections page.. right?

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Settings App vs. Control Panel?


one day the control panel will be completely gone.


but microsoft has to take baby steps to avoid problems.

and other companys will have to convert their control panel files to work with the settings app.

 

Control Panel Display Settings Missing

Hi,

I am currently studying for a cert exam. The instructor goes to Control

• Panel > Appearance and Personalisation.

In there, he has two items in the list that my version of control panel does not have.

• Personalisation
• Display

Why don't these appear in control panel? Is it due to an update? Could I have settings or policies that are configured differently that would enable them somehow?

 

Difference between settings & control panel?

In the beginning there was just the Control Panel. Windows 8 introduced the Settings app, but it was very limited in scope, almost everything important was still just in the Control Panel.

With Windows 10 Settings became more comprehensive, but at first (version 1507, the original release) almost every setting was in parallel with an equivalent in the Control Panel. With each new version since then Settings has been improved, to the state now where for some functions it is sufficiently developed so that the equivalent function can be removed from Control Panel.

It's a continuing evolution and it's not finished yet. Microsoft's apparent aim seems to be to do away with the control panel completely, or at least, only keep it for the more difficult 'advanced settings'.