Settings (Windows)

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Settings
A component of Microsoft Windows
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Other names PC Settings
Type Control panel
Included with Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows RT, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Mobile

Settings (formerly PC Settings) is a UWP app included with Windows 8 and later, Windows Server 2012 and later, and Windows 10 Mobile.

Functionality

On Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, PC Settings was designed as a simplified settings area optimized for use on touchscreen devices. It exposed a small portion of settings accessible via desktop Control Panel with a two-paned interface; additionally, some functions (including adding accounts and changing user pictures) could only be done from PC Settings.[1] Windows 8.1 improves this component to include more options that were previously exclusive to Control Panel.[2]

On Windows 10, the app is renamed "Settings", and as with all other Windows apps, now runs within a desktop window. It includes more options that were previously exclusive to the desktop Control Panel.[3][4] As it is also a Universal Windows app, this version of Settings is also used on Windows 10 Mobile for smartphones and tablet computers.[5][6]

See also

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