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...
Microsoft’s long-running dark‑mode headache is finally showing measurable progress: recent Windows Insider preview builds (notably the 26100.xx series) are darkening a stubborn set of file‑operation and related system dialogs that previously forced bright white “flashbang” pop‑ups into otherwise...
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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...