[German]The settings in Windows 10 are permanent under construction – or in other words ‘simply broken’. Things that are changed in the control panel are simply not considered in the settings page. For example, Windows 10 doesn’t properly apply the defaults for installed Windows features between Control Panel and Settings.
It’s another small example that I just saw on Twitter. Currently it’s about enabling or disabling Windows features, which have been present in Windows for ages, but now appear twice in the GUI.
- We have a dialog box Windows Features available via control panel
- And we have Optional Features available within the Settings page
Blog reader Karl currently experiments a lot with Windows 10, both Insider Previews and Windows 10 V190x. He noticed that the settings for the features do not match between Control Panel and Settings.
@sudhagart @windowsinsider
This is another thing about servicing that should be worth a look. Easy to reproduce.
Removed features will errorneous remain in Apps > Optional Featureshttps://t.co/U3qoj2GngY
Affects 1903 or later, all insider builds.
might affect earlier releases pic.twitter.com/2M1aFgspoH— al Qamar (Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus) (@tweet_alqamar) March 29, 2020
The screenshot from the above tweet shows what went wrong. On the right, there is the Windows Features window of the Control Panel. There, Internet Explorer 11 and Windows Media Player are disabled, i.e. removed as features. In the left part of the screenshot, however, both options appear as optional features. It’s again a proof how broken Windows 10 is.