Windows 11’s big redesign now covers even its ancient defrag tool, as Microsoft finally bets on WinUI after years of neglect and pushing WebView
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Microsoft has confirmed Defrag's restyling after 14 years: new WinUI 3 interface coming on Windows 11. What changes and why shouldn't you disable it on SSDs.The article Windows Defrag will be renewed: but it still serves today? seems to be the first on Smartworld.
One of Windows' oldest tools will finally benefit from a modern interface, Microsoft confirmed. However, no date has yet been mentioned.
From the defragmentation of hard drives to TRIM for SSDs, defrag has been present for decades in Windows; now Microsoft wants to renew it.
Windows 11’s big redesign now covers even its ancient defrag tool, as Microsoft finally bets on WinUI after years of neglect and pushing WebView
March Rogers confirmed on X that Optimize Drives is "on our list" after a user asked for WinUI 3 or a move into Settings. We explain what the decades-old tool still does for HDDs and SSDs, and where it fits in Microsoft's ongoing WinUI 3 and Control Panel cleanup in Windows 11.
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