Ever since Windows 11 came out, Microsoft has been wanting to outsource more and more system functions as an “app”.The start menu runs separately, and the search has also been removed from explorer.exe.The File Explorer is now also to be decoupled from the system.
The point of this is that Microsoft then has the kernel as the “core” (base) and spins off everything else.This means that updates and improvements can be integrated more easily and quickly.In February we reported that Windows 11 File Explorer will use the WinAppSDK.Insiders who see the pizza icon in File Explorer already have the first changes, like the Gallery (catalog), written in XAML.With the Dev-Insider and also the new Canary Insider, File Explorer was (partially) stored as a system app as “MicrosoftWindows.Client.FileExp..” under Windows -> SystemApps.
For example, the individual icons that are displayed in File Explorer are located here as *.svg images.So the elements that were previously stored in dlls and still are.But do not confuse it with “Microsoft.Windows.FileExplorer”.This is the old attempt to build File Explorer as an app and is still included in the system.
The canary (25314) also moved the new print dialog to the C:WindowsSystemApps folder.Previously, this was found under C:Windows.So one mucks out bit by bit everything.Moves it to the new section to make Windows and System32 more and more “slim”.The process itself will certainly take a while.But you can see that Microsoft wants to achieve with Windows 12 what they planned to do with Windows 10X.A system separated between the core (core) and system functions.