--- title: Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11's File Explorer... description: A new WinUI and dark mode redesign for Windows 11's File Explorer Properties window has been spotted in Experimental build 26300.8935 by PhantomOfEarth. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-finally-giving-windows-11-s-file-explorer-the-fresh-coat-of-paint-it-deserves-3csgins2i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11's File Explorer the fresh coat of paint it deserves | daily.dev og:description: A new WinUI and dark mode redesign for Windows 11's File Explorer Properties window has been spotted in Experimental build 26300.8935 by PhantomOfEarth. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-finally-giving-windows-11-s-file-explorer-the-fresh-coat-of-paint-it-deserves-3csgins2i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3csgINs2i.png og:image:alt: Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11's File Explorer the fresh coat of paint it deserves og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11's File Explorer the fresh coat of paint it deserves **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 5 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A new WinUI and dark mode redesign for Windows 11's File Explorer Properties window has been spotted in Experimental build 26300.8935 by PhantomOfEarth. The updated UI currently only appears when viewing properties of deleted files, indicating it's a very early work-in-progress. Given its preliminary state, a public release is expected to be a long way off. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@renehoehle** · 1 upvotes > Windows 11 is a mess and i hope they will fix all that problems and make everything consistent. **@alexanderbaggett** · 0 upvotes > They're going to need a lot more than dark mode for file explorer to get me to think about using it again. **@devdavidt** · 0 upvotes > Funny how Gates is not even in MS anymore and the Epstein is still getting them down :D ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Windows 11’s dark mode is getting more consistent in File Explorer](https://daily.dev/posts/windows-11-s-dark-mode-is-getting-more-consistent-in-file-explorer-rf1filazm) · The Verge · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft tests Windows Explorer speed, performance improvements](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-tests-windows-explorer-speed-performance-improvements-rorlq9ojl) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#winui](https://daily.dev/tags/winui) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-finally-giving-windows-11-s-file-explorer-the-fresh-coat-of-paint-it-deserves-3csgins2i) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11's File Explorer the fresh coat of paint it deserves","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-finally-giving-windows-11-s-file-explorer-the-fresh-coat-of-paint-it-deserves-3csgins2i","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-finally-giving-windows-11-s-file-explorer-the-fresh-coat-of-paint-it-deserves-3csgins2i"},"datePublished":"2026-07-22T07:30:30.293Z","dateModified":"2026-07-22T20:17:30.642Z","description":"A new WinUI and dark mode redesign for Windows 11's File Explorer Properties window has been spotted in Experimental build 26300.8935 by PhantomOfEarth. 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