Windows 10 Insiders Get Some Shiny New Task Manager Icons

It’s a small part of a larger revamp to bring Windows 10’s icons into the current day.

Some of the icons in Windows 10 look very outdated, and for a good reason; they’ve been around since Windows 95. Microsoft is trying to change that with incremental updates, and the latest Preview build, 21390, brings a much-needed lick of paint to the Task Manager.

What’s Coming in Preview Build 21390?

If you check out the announcement post on Windows Blogs, you can see all the new tweaks that come with preview build 21390.

The update in general isn’t anything to give a fanfare over, but there is this one interesting tidbit:

As part of our ongoing iconography improvements, Task Manager and MSI installers now have new Fluent icons.

This patch note references Microsoft’s push to update Windows 10’s aged icons. While every old icon in Windows 10 has a revamp in the works, Microsoft doesn’t seem to want to publish them all at once. As such, we’ll likely continue to see a small trickle of updates until every old icon has a brand new look.

Giving Window’s Icons a Long Overdue Redo

As Microsoft gives Windows 10 a modern-day makeover, the ancient icons are a clear candidate for a redo. Now, Insiders can see the new Fluent icons for the Task Manager and MSI installers.

Microsoft recently made some adjustments to the File Explorer icons on the preview build in case you missed it. This includes new modernized images for the Recycle Bin and hard drive icons.

Image Credits: Oleksii Arseniuk/Shutterstock.com and Sergey Panychev/Shutterstock.com

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