That's just a link to the "All Tasks" view of Control Panel with some extra characters stuck in front, not an actual separate mode. If deprecating the Control Panel only ever means the main Control Panel view and shortcut itself then that will be an alternative. If deprecating the Control Panel means eventually these views, and their associated tools, go away too then this will be no different.
It is a different list. E.g., the CP in my 11 Pro has just one panel under File Explorer Options, but multiple in the "God Mode" folder (which I recognize from the Explorer Settings). Some items in de GM folder open the same panel, though. Probably a hack for the search feature (a depressing thought).
It's practical to have them in a straight-forward list. Plus now I can have a short-cut directly to the power scheme, event though it still won't let me put it in the task bar. Windows is weird, which makes me believe this list is never going to go away. It would be too much trouble.
> It is a different list. E.g., the CP in my 11 Pro
Sorry, it probably wasn't clear - not everything in the All Tasks view is necessarily exposed in other views of the Control Panel. That doesn't imply it's something completely independent of Control Panel though, it means you can't get to all views of Control Panel by clicking from the main view. I.e. it's not that this doesn't list more things than the main Control Panel view will, it's that it's part of Control Panel which would also be removed if Control Panel is ever "actually" removed fully instead of just having the main shortcuts to it removed. You're actually pretty close with:
> a hack for the search feature
As the Control Panel search will indeed filter via this view since it has everything.
It's good to know that exists, but having to rename a folder on the desktop to a magic incantation with a GUID in it is not an acceptable replacement for the previous control panel.
