The Windows Process Journey — “SystemSettings.exe” (Immersive Control Panel System Settings App)
“SystemSettings.exe” (Immersive Control Panel System Settings App) is a PE binary located in “%windir%\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe”. It is used for viewing\making system configuration changes in Windows (https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht515504-overview-of-system-settings-in-windows-11). Also, the “SystemSettings.exe” binary is signed by Microsoft. The goal of the “System Settings” was to replace “Control Panel” which for more than a decade has not happened yet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settings_(Windows)).
Overall, “SystemSettings.exe” is a UWP (Universal Windows Platform) application. “SystemSettings.exe” provides a modern settings panel user interface. It has been included as part of Windows since “Windows 8”/”Windows Server 2012” while still having the old “Control Panel”. We are still in a transformation period in which Microsoft is migrating functions from “Control Panel” to the “System Settings”. However, some functions are in both and some open even the old “Control Panel” dialog boxes (https://www.file.net/process/systemsettings.exe.html).
Lastly, the settings are clustered into different categories: “Home”, “System”, “Devices”, “Phone”, “Network & Internet”, “Personalization”, “Apps”, “Accounts”, “Time & Language”, “Gaming”, “Accessibility”, “Privacy & Security” and “Windows Update &” — as shown in the screenshot below taken from Windows 11 (https://betawiki.net/wiki/File:Windows11-22000.51-SettingsDark.png).
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