{"id":216584,"date":"2025-12-05T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/216584\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:03:09","slug":"microsoft-finally-has-a-better-looking-run-dialog-for-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/216584\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft finally has a better looking Run dialog for Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is finally updating the design of the Run dialog prompt in Windows after more than 30 years. After committing to adding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/798331\/dark-mode-run\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dark mode to Run<\/a>, Microsoft is now testing a refreshed design that makes it fit with the aesthetics in Windows 11. X user Phantomofearth <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/phantomofearth\/status\/1996660509027062148\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">discovered<\/a> the modern Run dialog in the latest preview builds of Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The overhauled Run prompt looks a lot more like a modern launcher, but it functions exactly as Run always has. The Run command has been part of Windows since Windows 95, allowing power users to launch apps with shortcuts like \u201cmspaint\u201d for Microsoft Paint, \u201ccalc\u201d for calculator, and \u201cdxdiag\u201d for the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">If you\u2019re not a fan of the overhaul you\u2019ll even be able to toggle the modern Run dialog on and off in the advanced system settings of Windows 11. Microsoft hasn\u2019t officially announced this modern Run prompt, but I\u2019d expect we\u2019ll see it show up officially in builds in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Raycast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/826971\/raycast-kirby-comet-deadpool-vr-installer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just launched on Windows recently<\/a>, providing Microsoft\u2019s operating system with a powerful launcher, clipboard manager, shortcut system, and more. I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s enough to push Microsoft into taking the time to turn Run into a modern launcher like it has been doing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/668719\/microsoft-command-palette-powertoy-launcher\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Command Palette<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/5\/19\/21262060\/microsoft-windows-10-launcher-powertoy-spotlight-alfred-download-build\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PowerToys Run<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft is finally updating the design of the Run dialog prompt in Windows after more than 30 years.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,305,5,753,82,6950],"class_list":{"0":"post-216584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-microsoft","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tech","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-windows"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115666393809023160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}