With Windows 11 Build 26217, which was recently released to the Canary channel, Microsoft finally started rolling out a few updated dialogs for the Settings app. These include the "Rename this PC" and "Change date and time", which now match the style and design of Windows 11.
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The new windows were spotted earlier, so it is not a secret that Windows 11 is getting them. Specially, both were part of the Windows 11 build 25201 (Dev), but there hidden.
Now, Microsoft is gradually rolling out the dialogs to Windows 11 Canary users. The release notes for the Canary build have been updated with the appropriate text block.
You may not see them right away, but there are ViVeTool ID, shared by @PhantomOfEarth, to speed up the rollout.
Since Windows 8, Microsoft has been working to address UI inconsistency by merging the classic Control Panel with the newer Settings app. Despite this effort, the Control Panel still remains in place alongside the Settings app in 2022, causing confusion for users as the Settings app often opens legacy dialogs and applets. In the stable Windows 11 version, certain features such as changing the date and time and renaming the PC still feature the outdated Windows 8 design. Unlike the ones in the Insider builds.
To enabled the new dialogs in the latest Canary channel build, follow these steps.
How to Enable New Rename this PC Dialog
- Open this GitHub page in your favorite web browser and download the ViveTool-0.3.1 zip file.
- Extract its contents to the c:\ViveTool folder.
- Right-click the Start button and select Terminal (Admin).
- In either Command Prompt or PowerShell tab of Terminal, execute the following commands, one by one.
c:\vivetool\vivetool /enable /id:36390579,38228963
- Restart Windows 11 after seeing "Successfully set feature configuration" in the console.
- Open the Settings app (Win + I), and click Rename next below the PC name in the header area on the right. You will see the new dialog.
Well, feature-wise the updated dialog doesn't add anything new. However, it fits the overall design of Windows 11. It no longer features the solid background of the accent color, so it feels native to the Settings app.
Similarly, you can enable the new date-time editor.
Enable the new Change date and time dialog
- Download ViveTool from here and extract the ZIP archive to the C:\ViveTool folder.
- Press Win + X and select Terminal(Admin) from the menu.
- Press Ctrl + Shift+2 to switch to the Command Prompt profile, and type the following command:
c:\vivetool\vivetool /enable /id:36390579,39811196. - Restart Windows 11.
- Open Settings (Win + I) and go to Time & language > Date & time.
- If you have the Set time automatically option enabled, turn it off, and click Change. This will open the new Change date and time dialog.
Done.
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