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  1. 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...
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    • 25h2 accessibility automation automation-testing build 26100 build-26100 contrast copy move progress dark mode dark palette dark theme dark-mode enablement package enterprise enterprise compatibility enterprise it file dialogs file explorer file operation dialogs file operations file-dialogs fluent design insider preview insider program insider-preview it administrators kb5064081 legacy dialogs legacy ui legacy-dialogs pilot deployment preview build release preview release-preview rpa server-side flags stage-rollout staged rollout system dialogs system theme telemetry theming ui theming ui ux ui-theming user experience user interface user-experience ux visual polish visual-design vivetool win32 win32 dialogs windows 11 windows insider windows-11 winui xaml
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  2. 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...
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    • accessibility accessibility testing build 26100 build-26100 control panel copy move dialogs dark file dialogs dark mode dark theme dark theme rollout dark-mode desktop ui enterprise it enterprise-it feedback hub feedback-hub file dialogs file operation dialogs file operations file-dialogs fluent-design insider insider builds insider preview insider-preview kb5064081 legacy dialogs legacy ui legacy win32 legacy-dialogs microsoft microsoft release notes microsoft windows migrate ui modernization oem isvs oled power savings oled-power permission dialogs power efficiency preview build preview flights recycle bin prompts release preview run dialog secure desktop secure desktop prompts security prompts stage rollout staged rollout staged rollouts staged-rollout system dialogs system shell system theme system theming system-theme telemetry telemetry flags theming uac uac prompts ui automation ui consistency ui modernization ui theming ui-design user experience user interface ux ux design visual design visual polish visual-coherence win32 win32 ui windows 11 windows 11 25h2 windows insider windows insider program windows-11 winui
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