Microsoft plans to add one to Windows 11 with Dev Home"Advanced settings"Panel. This new panel gives you more control over the built-in settings or behavior of your operating system, such as changing the appearance of the labeled folder icon in File Explorer.
With the release of Windows 11 Moment 4, Microsoft has brought a number of new features to the operating system in the form of app updates and the latest feature additions. Many inventory apps have been updated and new apps have been added. One of them is dev home, which now has a new one"Advanced settings"Panel.
We found on github that Microsoft plans to add it in the Dev Home app"Advanced settings"Options. The new one is available to all users of Windows 11"Settings"pages, through which you can manage"Displays the file extension"、"Show hidden files and system files"or"Display the full path in the header"and other functions.
Advanced settings in the Windows 11 Dev Home app.
These features can currently be turned on or off through File Explorer's folder view or registry, but it will soon be possible to manage all of Windows 11's advanced settings in one place in the Dev Home app.
Advanced settings with File Explorer options.
Dev Home is a sandbox experience in Windows 11 specifically for developers. Developers can use it to enhance and customize development projects that use extensions. The feature is mainly aimed at developers and advanced users, so we don't hear about it very often. While Dev Home is still a very technical feature for the most part, it seems that this is about to change.
According to Microsoft, new"Settings"The page will"Provide developers with more system settings and advanced behavioral controls"。It will provide users with more fine-grained control and a more unified user interface experience. The settings page also makes it easy to script and reapply to new or existing machines.
There is a lively discussion going on on GitHub, and developers are giving their opinions and opinions. Many people applauded the change, while others offered their own opinions on some of the changes, with one of the developers suggesting a new one"Attach a file explorer"Features should be exposed to all users at the operating system level.
The move caught the attention of developers, adding more features in Windows 11 is always welcome, and Dev Home is one of the best new features, albeit a bit niche.
However, Microsoft has clarified that Windows 11 is new"Advanced settings"Not meant to replace"Settings"Existing settings in the app.