Windows 10 Explorer gets new icons. More colorful than before

Microsoft regularly releases Windows 10 Insider Preview, which are builds that give users the opportunity to participate in the operating system development process. These previews usually contain features that are delayed to reach other users. The recently released build 21377 included technology, for example Auto HDRthat enhances the color and contrast of more than a thousand games – just a compatible monitor. However, design changes in Windows 10 often attract more attention than the most interesting features. Microsoft is bringing one of them right now. Many users probably won’t like it, even though it’s just new icons in just one program.-

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The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21343 (RS_PRERELEASE) is released for Windows Insider members in the Dev Channel. When you first start File Explorer (Windows Explorer), the new icons are definitely not overlooked. This is also due to the fact that they are much more colorful than before. The changes mainly concern the components and the result should be better consistency throughout the operating system. Top-level folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Images are also easier to distinguish. Until now, all the icons of the folders were yellow, but now each of them got its own color.

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The icons are also generally flatter, not tilted at an angle, and are now oriented horizontally, not vertically. In addition to the folders, the disk or recycle bin icons also received a well-deserved redesign. Microsoft warns that folders that are pinned by a user in Quick Access will disappear when you move to this build. Therefore, it is recommended that you make a note of the saved folders before updating, or wait for the repair before downloading this assembly. The already mentioned build 21377 from last week brought another change to Windows Explorer – significantly larger gaps between individual elements, which should, among other things, facilitate touch control. You can turn off the new layout in Display Options.

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Microsoft started exchanging icons in Windows 10 a year ago. During that time, he redesigned the icons of integrated applications and other parts of the system – last week also the icons of Notepad. However, Fluent Design-style modifications to Windows 10 will continue. Of course, the icons in File Explorer aren’t the only changes brought about by the just-released build 21343. Developers have added enhancements to Windows Sandbox and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG), renamed “Windows Management Tools” to “Windows Tools,” or introduced new keyboard shortcuts when renaming files in Windows Explorer (Ctrl + left / right arrow, Ctrl + Delete, Ctrl + Backspace).

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