Microsoft has announced the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21343, which changes some of the usual yellow Windows folders color of the operating system for others of different colors in system folders such as “Images”, “Downloads”, “Documents”, “Videos”, etc.
In general, many are the icons that have adopted a new image in the latest versions of the software, but this is the first time in its history that the typical yellow folders have changed, although they are not all. If we go back to Windows 3.11 we already had this color representing the file explorer.
The goal of this great aesthetic change: to make it easier to distinguish the different folders at first glance. The icons that do not present new features in this update will be presented in the future, according to information from Microsoft.
In addition to the colors, in today’s new version, the company has updated many of the system icons used in File Explorer. Remember that recently, Windows had already changed the Windows Security icons, the Narrator icon and the Notepad icon. From now on, also the most used user folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures and the Recycle Bin have a new design.
New icons after a year in which they are still not fully integrated
In February 2020, Windows 10 began receiving its first batch of new Office-style icons, as part of a major redesign that, as the company announced at the time, would affect more than 100 Microsoft products, including the same Microsoft icon.
Microsoft says that after updating to this version released today, the custom folders pinned to Quick Access will disappear. “You can take note of them before updating to this version or pause the updates until we fix them,” has been the warning from Microsoft. Microsoft is changing Windows 10 features in its different versions.