Your use of “it” wasn’t incorrect. English allows for grammatically correct sentences that are nevertheless potentially ambiguous.

The confusion arises because “it” refers to the antecedent noun in a sentence, and nouns are typically considered the “subject” of a sentence. However, there is also a “subject” of discussion—which shifted to being the messiness of the Windows 11 UI. Thus, “it” became a vague reference.

The only “fix” is to restate the noun to which you are attempting to refer.

For example: “I put my laptop in my bag. When I went to grab my bag, I dropped it.”

Did I drop my bag or did I drop my laptop? The answer is unclear. A clearer statement would be something like: “I put my laptop in my bag. I dropped the bag containing my laptop when I attempted to grab my bag.”

Or, “I put my laptop in my bag. When I went to grab my bag, I dropped my laptop out of the bag.”

How you phrase your meaning depends upon whichever situation you intended to convey, but the solution is to avoid the use of the word “it” entirely.

Isn’t English a wonderful language? (Sarcasm) 😁