No, it’s not Windows 11’s new, modernized registry editor – Microsoft confirms it’s a sample and not the real thing after online outrage.
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Microsoft has pushed back on reports that the company has created a modernized registry editor app for Windows 11, clarifying that the newly discovered Modern Registry Editor is just a sample app and is not intended to ship on Windows.
Windows Latest was the first to report this new Registry Editor app, but said in its article that the app is “not a model” which has led some people online to believe that this application is a real replacement for the existing registry editor.
It seems that the application East a mockup, designed to showcase Microsoft.UI.Reactor technology, meaning it was designed solely to show developers what is possible with the technology and is not representative of the modernization work being done by the Windows team.
Unfortunately, some reports do not clearly state in their titles that this app is just a sample app, which has led to a lot of backlash and criticism from users due to its unfinished design. Now, two Microsoft executives have turned to X to bring some order to this mess.
“It’s a sample. You say it’s the new one and then in the last line of the tweet you emphasize that it’s a sample”, said Microsoft Vice President Scott Hanselman in a response to Windows Latest on X. This was followed by a message from Windows Insider and CVP Marcus Ash, who said: “Good. A sample. Not a developer preview of a new regedit.”
So this is a confirmation from Microsoft that this new registry editor will not come to Windows 11 and that it is just a sample application designed to show developers what is possible with Microsoft.UI.Reactor.
That said, that doesn’t mean the Windows team isn’t working on a modernized registry editor. My own sources tell me that the Registry Editor is on the list for a modern rejuvenation as part of the Windows K2 effort, but there are other pillars and higher priority items that need to be addressed first before we can tackle the Registry Editor.
The good news is that a modern registry editor for Windows 11 is unlikely to look like the sample app described in recent reports, and a modernized registry editor East on the agenda for the future.
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