In the past, the start menu, search and the taskbar were integrated in explorer.exe in Windows 10. The aim is to separate everything from File Explorer as much as possible.
The start menu is now a separate process and so is the search. With the New Insider, you can now start to separate the taskbar from the explorer.exe. In the New Insider, a new Taskbar.dll and, accordingly, a Taskbar.dll.mui were placed in the System32 folder.
Currently, the explorer.exe still includes the function of the taskbar. But it can be assumed that the Redmond company will make this change soon. The background should be that the taskbar also runs as an independent process and thus paves the way for a new file explorer that works independently of other processes.
Microsoft is still very cautious about that, even if in the meantime one had tinkered with an "app" from time to time. But you can assume that File Explorer will also get a new look.
A possible model for this would be the Files app, for example. But we'll wait and see if that happens.
The taskbar is being moved from Explorer.exe into Taskbar.dll. Surreal to see this get relocated after decades. Right now Explorer still contains the code, but it's possible to switch to the DLL implementation. There's still some odd bugs such as semi-broken search box UI. pic.twitter.com/2gNqcDNTzp
— Albacore (@thebookisclosed) March 25, 2021
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