Science & Tech · Big Tech & Internet · 17 hrs ago
Microsoft says Registry Editor app is only a sample, not a Windows 11 update
A modern-looking Registry Editor app is only a developer sample, Microsoft says, not a new Windows 11 feature.
The app was made to demonstrate Microsoft.UI.Reactor technology, rather than to replace the existing Registry Editor.
Some online reports and headlines led people to believe it was a real app under development, prompting criticism of its unfinished design.
Microsoft executives Scott Hanselman and Marcus Ash clarified on X that the app is a sample, not a preview of a new version.
Microsoft has not said it will ship this app with Windows 11.
A redesigned Registry Editor may still come later: the story says it is on the Windows K2 effort’s list, but other priorities come first and no release timing is given.
Microsoft says a modern-looking Registry Editor app circulating online is only a sample and is not intended to ship with Windows.
The sample was built to demonstrate Microsoft.UI.Reactor technology to developers.
Microsoft executives Scott Hanselman and Marcus Ash clarified the app’s status on X.
Some reports and online discussion had led people to believe it was a new Windows 11 app.
Windows Central says a modernized Registry Editor may be considered in the future under the Windows K2 effort, but other priorities come first.
- Who
- Microsoft, including executives Scott Hanselman and Marcus Ash, clarified the app’s status.
- What
- The app is a sample demonstrating Microsoft.UI.Reactor, not a new Registry Editor planned for Windows 11.
- When
- Microsoft executives posted their clarifications on X; the posts’ dates are not stated.
- Where
- The clarification was made on X. The app was described as being for Windows.
- Why
- The app was mistaken for a planned Windows 11 feature after reports and online discussion presented it as a possible new Registry Editor.
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Reports and online interpretations
App status
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Microsoft says the Registry Editor is a sample, not a developer preview or an app intended to ship with Windows.
Reports and online interpretations
Some reports and online discussion led people to believe the app was real and being built to replace the existing Registry Editor.
The sample app was created to showcase Microsoft.UI.Reactor technology to developers.
Windows Latest first reported on the app, saying it was not a mock-up.
Microsoft executives Scott Hanselman and Marcus Ash clarified on X that the app was only a sample.
- App status
- Sample app, not intended to ship in Windows
- Technology
- Microsoft.UI.Reactor
- Scott Hanselman
- Microsoft vice president
- Marcus Ash
- Windows Insider lead and corporate vice president
- Future modernization
- Windows Central says the Registry Editor is on the list for a modern rejuvenation under the Windows K2 effort
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What people are saying
It’s a sample. You say it’s the new one and then in the last line of the tweet you point out it’s a sample
Right. A sample. Not a developer preview of a new regedit.
Posts on X
Here's your first look at Microsoft's new WinUI 3 Registry Editor, but it's a developer sample preview, so it may not ship on Windows 11 anytime soon. Windows Latest found the app inside Microsoft's open-source Reactor repository, and I built it myself on Windows 11. It keeps
Right. A sample. Not a developer preview of a new regedit.