If the Outlook mail icon is missing from Control Panel, you can try to open the mlcfg32 file through the Run console or modify Registry to addOutlook.

The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along the way that it should be replaced with something more modern.

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

With Windows' hidden feature, called GodMode, you can create a custom control panel, giving you access to your most important settings and tools.

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows' 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has ...