With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page.

Miss the old XP Control Panel? You can get something close to it in Windows 7. But do you really want to?

How do I add Control Panel to my Start menu? To add Control Panel to the Start menu in Windows 11, you need to search for it first. For that, you can use the Taskbar search box.

You should now have a link to Control Panel in your right-click menu immediately. This will show up when you right-click on the desktop or in Explorer, though it might not work in every program.

To do this, go to your PC’s Control Panel, then select the System and Security option. You can find the option to defragment your disk under Administrative Tools.

Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings that don’t exist in the new PC Settings app.