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In case you've ever wondered why the Windows control panel was so awful... (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 19 points 2 days ago

Thanks Ballmer for QA.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There is/was a new Windows 10 Control panel? I thought that was just the Settings app.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

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.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

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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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago

There's both. It's just the Windows 7 control panel, basically.

[–] gaael@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Is this real? It's funny af, even if it's not real, but does anyone know if it is?

[–] TxTechnician@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Well that was interesting to read

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