After 30 years, Microsoft is redesigning the Run dialog box on Windows 11 — now with an updated modern UI for the first time

Microsoft looks to be updating the Windows Run dialog box for the first time in 30 years. In the latest Windows preview builds, a new Run box UI has been discovered by @Phantomofearth on X, which features a modern interface design that matches Microsoft’s current Fluent Design language and is more consistent with the rest of Windows 11.

The Run dialog box has been part of Windows for decades at this point, but it hasn’t really been touched since Windows 95. That means it’s been 30 years since the…