I'm not so sure about that, because if that's all it did I could more easily stomach the Settings app. It just takes you to a half-assed, water down page that may or may not work. I remember one time I was trying to change DNS settings from within the settings app. I did it multiple times but still nothing worked. Eventually I went into the adapter settings like a sane person and sure enough... the old DNS servers were there. Went back to Windows settings and it still said the new ones. There was only one network adapter. So what was I changing? Fuck you, that's what.
It absolutely astounds me how a corporation the size of Microsoft can constantly screw things like that up. This was pre-vibe coding. It's like they only had 4 part-timers and 1 intern working on Windows.
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Omgboom@lemmy.zip · 68 pts · 136d
95% of the shit in the settings menu just launches the old .cpl link anyways. It's so fucking useless
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 29 pts · 136d
But at least if looks like shit
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 8 pts · 135d
And is slow as shit
Redjard@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 70d
And can only have one page open at a time ... now that explorer even has tabs
knexcar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 135d
What’s a cpl?
Omgboom@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 134d
It's a link to a control panel file. All the settings menu does for most settings is launch them. These have been around since Windows 95 or earlier.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-control-panel-cpl-files-4dc809cd-5063-6c6d-3bee-d3f18b2e0176
CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d
I'm not so sure about that, because if that's all it did I could more easily stomach the Settings app. It just takes you to a half-assed, water down page that may or may not work. I remember one time I was trying to change DNS settings from within the settings app. I did it multiple times but still nothing worked. Eventually I went into the adapter settings like a sane person and sure enough... the old DNS servers were there. Went back to Windows settings and it still said the new ones. There was only one network adapter. So what was I changing? Fuck you, that's what.
It absolutely astounds me how a corporation the size of Microsoft can constantly screw things like that up. This was pre-vibe coding. It's like they only had 4 part-timers and 1 intern working on Windows.
Fuck, I could complain about Microsoft all day.
Horsey@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 135d
How the fuck does windows still not have a unified settings app?
iocase@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 70d
They're a defacto monopoly.
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