W11: Good replacement for the control panel

Harry Voyager · February 12, 2023

Discovering that a lot of the Windows 11 settings now seem to be hidden behind command line instructions. (Seriously, setting what the power buttons do require knowing the name of the power settings sub program now? WTH MS?)

I'm wondering, does anyone know of a good replacement for the old control panel gui/folder? I'm mostly just looking for something that lets me navigate all of the system controls without having to already know what the exact program is called. Since they seem to be just links to OS programs, I suspect it could be as simple as a directory or directory structure that's just links to the relevant OS programs, but not sure how many all there are now.

Thank you,

Harry Voyager

Gokul_P · February 12, 2023

Windows godmode folder is still a thing You could create a new folder and name it

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

To create it. and The usability is worse on most of the 3rd party programms than Controll panel so isnt going to work for you but

paddy-stone · February 12, 2023

34 minutes ago, Gokul_P said:
Windows godmode folder is still a thing You could create a new file and name it
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
To create it. and The usability is worse on most of the 3rd party programms than Controll panel so isnt going to work for you but

New folder, not file. But agree.

GoodBytes · February 12, 2023

6 hours ago, Harry Voyager said:

Discovering that a lot of the Windows 11 settings now seem to be hidden behind command line instructions. (Seriously, setting what the power buttons do require knowing the name of the power settings sub program now? WTH MS?)

Start > type: Control Panel pick: Control Panel. That simple.

Microsoft continues to move things from the Control Panel to Settings panel. They go by priority of most used to least used options.

6 hours ago, Harry Voyager said:

I'm wondering, does anyone know of a good replacement for the old control panel gui/folder? I'm mostly just looking for something that lets me navigate all of the system controls without having to already know what the exact program is called. Since they seem to be just links to OS programs, I suspect it could be as simple as a directory or directory structure that's just links to the relevant OS programs, but not sure how many all there are now.

Most options should be under the Settings panel. Some settings are only available under the settings panel.

Harry Voyager · February 13, 2023

10 hours ago, Gokul_P said:
Windows godmode folder is still a thing You could create a new folder and name it
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
To create it. and The usability is worse on most of the 3rd party programms than Controll panel so isnt going to work for you but

That was what I was looking for. Thank you!