Chapter 1
Navigating Windows Settings and Languages
IN THIS CHAPTER
Checking out the Settings app
Finding what’s left in the Control Panel
Putting shortcuts to settings on your desktop
Using search to quickly find settings
Adding new languages to Windows 11
Windows 11 has more settings than previous consumer operating systems from Microsoft, and that’s to be expected since it has even more features than its predecessors. Most settings are found in the new Settings app, which is well organized and surprisingly easy to navigate.
However, the old Control Panel, the bastion of Windows settings, still controls many aspects of how a Windows 11 PC works. While the Settings app controls several hundred settings, the Control Panel has a smaller yet still large enough number of Windows settings. And there’s overlap between the two, but some settings can be changed only in the Settings app, ...
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