what is the purpose of control panel?
Complete List of Control Panel Applets in Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP. Control Panel applets are the individual components found in Control Panel that contain the settings and options for the various parts of Windows. Below is a complete list of Control Panel applets that you might find in Control Panel across Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP: Note: Some Control Panel applets are only available in some versions of Windows, have changed names or uses from one version of Windows to the next, can be opened via a CPL file, or are accessed via the Command Prompt in slightly different ways.