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Published onMay 17, 2024
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This week, Microsoft released the new Build 26217 to the Canary Insider channel, and initially, the patch was only documented to fix Windows issues, with no new features or enhancements. However, give it a few days for Windows enthusiasts to dissect the new builds, and you have new features.
Such was the case with this build, as well. After initially discoveringa new AI components pagewithin Windows 11’s Settings, enthusiast@PhantomOfEarthfound out Build 26217 also features brand new Setting menu dialog boxes that finally match the overall theme of the operating system.
Here’s what these dialog boxes currently look like.
And this is what they will look like in a few weeks:
As you can see, the new Settings menu dialog boxes keep in touch with Windows 11’s overall theme. They will take the operating system’s theme, so if you have enabled the dark theme, these boxes will also sport it.
The current boxes feel as if you’re still in Windows 10 but with Windows 11 text fonts. In these new boxes, the text remains the same, but it feels more grounded in Windows 11 than ever before.
For those enlisted in the Windows Insider Program, you can enable the new Windows 11 Settings menu dialog boxes by using special commands in the third-party app, ViveTool. Thanks to the Windows enthusiast, @PhantomOfEarth, here are the commands:
vivetool /enable /id:38228963
You can also enable the new dialog menu box for the Change date/time setting in Windows 11, with the following command:
vivetool /enable /id:39811196
It should look like this.
The new changes were eventually added in the official changelog, which means Microsoft meant to release them, as well. However, for now, they’re only available in the Windows Insider Program, so if you’re not enlisted in the Insider Program, you won’t be able to experience them.
They will be live with the nextWindows 11 2024 Update, scheduled to be released to the general users later this year.
More about the topics:Windows 11,Windows Update
Flavius Floare
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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling.
He’s always curious and ready to take on everything new in the tech world, covering Microsoft’s products on a daily basis. The passion for gaming and hardware feeds his journalistic approach, making him a great researcher and news writer that’s always ready to bring you the bleeding edge!
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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling.
