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Despite being over five years old, Windows 11 still contains numerous dialog boxes and system utilities dating back to Windows 95 and earlier. Microsoft has now reaffirmed its plans to modernize these aging interfaces, while its newly released November 2026 update is already introducing several noticeable UI improvements. As reported by Windows Latest, Marcus Ash, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Design and Research for Windows and Devices, recently responded to a user requesting modern WinUI replacements for legacy Win32 dialogs, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) utilities, and the…

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Marcus Ash, Microsoft's design and research lead for Windows and Devices, has hinted that more of Windows 11's old dialogs and admin tools could get a modern makeover. Under Jen Gentleman's post about the new option to silence the Sticky Keys prompt , a user asked Microsoft to "winui-fy" the legacy Win32 dialogs and MMC apps, and to fully move Control Panel into Settings. Ash replied with a short "Noted and working on that too." He didn't give a timeline or name any tools, so it's more like a nod than a roadmap. There's plenty to work with, as Windows 11 still ships more than 20 tools with…

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