The “True Facts About Microsoft” and Zefrank reference got me :D
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Thanks Ballmer for QA.
Then you have to go into a resource file and find a very specific resource ID for your control panel string, and create a new resource ID to me it to.
Ah yes the joys of working with Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), Back in the day I supported a VS6.0 application, you have room for 65535 UI elements in an application (Including DLL's) I had to split the ID's up in ranges to enable adding new elements in a sane way.
There is/was a new Windows 10 Control panel? I thought that was just the Settings app.
The settings app is the new control panel. There's just also the legacy control panel that they've been trying to remove for years. It's such a shit show that I've memorized the run string for the applets I have to use frequently, because it's a fucking nightmare trying to remember where they moved this in which version of the os.
Keep them memorized. The old tools just work, even if MICROS~1 tries to hide them and replace them with useless crap apps.
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There's both. It's just the Windows 7 control panel, basically.
Is this real? It's funny af, even if it's not real, but does anyone know if it is?
Well that was interesting to read