Microsoft enables "Windows Tools" and "removes" them from the "Control Panel" in new versions of Windows 10

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If you&39;re a Windows veteran, you&39;re probably familiar with Administrative Tools. It is a series of utilities located in a folder within the Control Panel intended for use by advanced users and system administrators. Utilities that already have a replacement in the form of Windows Tools outside the aforementioned and classic panel"

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Microsoft is changing some of the utilities found within Administrative Tools to a revamped and vitaminized Control Panel, the same one that on the other hand is losing potential in favor of the Configuration menu."

"A new Control Panel"

Management tools

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Utilities such as Windows PowerShell, Power Automate Desktop, Quick Assist, Command Prompt... are moving outside of the Control Panel in the Windows Tools section. A movement that is less striking, since many of the leaks from the classic panel reached Configuration>."

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Microsoft continues its work to decommission Control Panel. The creation of Windows Tools>" "

Now, if we click on the Windows Tools shortcuts, a window will open with the new Control Panel in which about forty shortcuts that were previously found on the Start menu appear."

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Changes affect utilities such as Windows PowerShell, Power Automate Desktop, Quick Assist, Command Prompt, the Run box, the recorder steps, remote desktop and more. These can now be found next to the Start menu>"

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A new panel that, like the previous Control Panel, can be accessed from the Run tool with the Control admintools command ."

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