In a blog post explaining the changes, Microsoft says it decided to drop the Run menu\u2019s \u201cBrowse\u201d button \u2014 a shortcut to user files \u2014 after finding \u201cvery low usage.\u201d Instead, Microsoft added support for a new \u201c~\\\u201d command, which leads to your user directory.<\/p>\n
Microsoft says it built the new Run menu using code from Command Palette<\/a>, a utility available through PowerToys that allows you to quickly run commands, open websites, search files, and more. Windows 11 Insiders can enable the new Run menu by going to Settings > System > Advanced and turning the option on. An early version of the redesigned Run menu<\/a> started appearing in preview builds last year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve collaborated tightly with partners across the platform to get these UI surfaces loading snappy,\u201d Microsoft\u2019s blog post says. \u201cImprovements we\u2019ve made to the platform don\u2019t just make Run fast, but they help make the whole OS more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a blog post explaining the changes, Microsoft says it decided to drop the Run menu\u2019s \u201cBrowse\u201d button…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,63,44,64,61,65],"class_list":["post-642775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-microsoft","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}