Windows 11’s File Explorer is getting rounded tweaks

Microsoft appears to be working on a minor redesign of certain parts of File Explorer in Windows 11. Windows Latest reports that the address bar and search box in File Explorer will soon have rounded corners.

Another completely normal screenshot with nothing out of the ordinary, this time: File Explorer pic.twitter.com/Z9bzEBzKjY

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With these small changes, the design of File Explorer will be more similar to that of the rest of the operating system...