win+r run dialog

Microsoft began testing a redesigned Windows 11 Run dialog on May 1, 2026, in Experimental Preview Build 26300.8346, giving the Win+R utility its first major visual overhaul since the Windows 95 era while preserving its command-launching role for power users and administrators. The change is...

Meta description: Microsoft is still refining Windows 11’s hidden modern Run dialog, and its slimmer new design shows why legacy UI modernization remains tricky. Windows 11’s hidden modern Run dialog (Win+R) gets a slimmer design, but it’s still not rolling out Microsoft is still experimenting...