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Jul 9, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Windows’ 30‑Year‑Old Formatting Dialog Still Looks the Same

Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer recounts how a quick‑and‑dirty formatting dialog he built in 1994 using VC++ 2.0 became a 30‑year‑old UI staple, persisting unchanged into Windows 11 and even imposing the 32 GB FAT volume limit due to an early design shortcut.