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  1. Windows 11 Dark Mode updates legacy file dialogs with blue progress bar

    Microsoft’s long‑running UI mismatch — the glaring white or legacy‑colored copy/move progress window that interrupted Dark Mode sessions for years — is finally being updated in Insider builds, and enthusiasts have noticed a small but symbolic tweak: the familiar green progress bar is being...
  2. Windows 11 Insider Aug 2025: Cross‑Device Resume, Dark Explorer, Excel Convert

    Microsoft’s latest Insider flights have delivered a tightly focused set of features and visual fixes that make this month’s previews worth trying — but they also underscore how Microsoft is rolling out major changes: slowly, gated by hardware and region, and baked into a server-side enablement...
  3. Windows 11: Dark Mode Extends to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Builds

    Windows 11’s dark theme inconsistency — the jarring white flashes during routine file operations that long annoyed enthusiasts and power users — is finally being addressed in Insider preview builds, with Microsoft beginning to darken legacy file-operation dialogs that previously ignored the...
  4. Windows 11 Dark Mode Now Applies to File Operation Dialogs in Insider Preview

    Windows 11 has quietly started to close one of its longest-running visual gaps: file operation dialogs that have stubbornly remained bright in a system-wide dark theme are now appearing in dark mode in Insider preview builds, signaling a broader push to finally finish what dark mode started...
  5. Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy Dialogs in August 2025 Preview

    Microsoft appears to be closing one of Windows’ longest-running cosmetic grievances: preview builds released in August 2025 show legacy file‑operation dialogs and several system prompts finally obeying the system Dark theme, reducing the jarring white “flash” that has plagued Dark Mode since the...
  6. Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to File Dialogs in Preview Builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun to fix one of Windows 11’s most persistent frictions: the sudden, blinding white dialogs that have long broken the illusion of a system-wide Dark Mode. Recent Insider preview builds include dark-themed file-operation dialogs — copy/move progress windows, delete...
  7. Windows 11 Dark Mode Gains Momentum in Insider Builds

    For the first time in years, there are convincing signs that Microsoft is finally taking the long-neglected promise of a true, system-wide dark mode for Windows 11 seriously — and the changes showing up in Insider preview builds point to incremental but meaningful progress in File Explorer and...