Microsoft officially released the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25211, 22621.730 and 22623.730 for the beta testers. With this update, Microsoft made some changes and improvements. Also, they are beginning to roll out a new settings experience for Widgets. You can check the complete changelog which is mentioned below.
- Build 25211 = New features rolling out.
- Build 22623.730 = New features rolling out.
- Build 22621.730 = New features off by default.
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25211 Changelog:
[Taskbar]
- Based on your feedback, we’ve added a link to Task Manager when right-clicking on the taskbar. Let us know what you think!
[System Tray]
- This build includes preliminary support to rearrange System Tray icons for Insiders who have the System Tray updates that began rolling out with Build 25197. Further improvements for this experience are coming soon. As a reminder, these System Tray updates are still rolling out and are not available to all Insiders just yet. If your PC does not have these changes, your System Tray experience will remain the same as before.
[File Explorer]
- Fixed an issue where the top part of File Explorer (with the search and address box) couldn’t be interacted with when File Explorer was in full screen mode (F11).
[Settings]
- For the time being, you will no longer be able to uninstall apps with inter-dependencies (e.g., Steam and gaming apps running on Steam) or repair Win32 apps under Settings > Apps > Installed apps. You will still be able to modify and uninstall Win32 apps without inter-dependencies.
Fixes
[General]
- We are beginning to roll out a server-side fix for the issue causing a “date, time and time zone settings are incorrect” message to be improperly displayed, which was also preventing the installation of the latest Insider Preview builds from proceeding.
[File Explorer]
- Fixed the issue where the command bar items like copy, paste, and empty recycle bin were unexpectedly not be enabled sometimes when they have been.
- Fixed an issue which was causing unexpected black bars on the sides of horizontal scrollbars when using dark mode.
[Start]
- When you have Start set to show more pinned items, the animation for opening folders lower on the page will now appear from the right place.
[Taskbar]
- Fixed a high hitting Shell Experience Host crash in recent Dev Channel builds, impacting Quick Settings launch reliability.
[Input]
- The gripper for moving the emoji panel and touch keyboard should now update color correctly when you switch between dark and light mode.
- Fixed a memory leak when repeatedly invoking the input switcher.
[Settings]
- Fixed a Settings crash which could happen when changing your mobile hotspot name.
- Updated the examples used in the Short time selection under Time & Language > Language & Region > Regional Format, to make the 12 hour options (vs 24 hour) a little more obvious by showing morning and afternoon times.
[Task Manager]
- Tweaked the graphs in the Performance page to use a bit more transparency so it’s easier to see the grid lines underneath.
- Made another fix to improve Task Manager reliability.
- Fixed a black flash while might be seen when launching Task Manager in light mode.
- Fixed a few issues where the font color of certain elements wasn’t correct / readable when using a contrast theme.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue where Narrator would read out the details of the calendar that opens from selecting the date and time from the taskbar when it was collapsed.
- Fixed an issue where explorer.exe was crashing repeatedly in Windows Sandbox for Insiders with the tablet optimized taskbar and updated system tray.
- Fixed an issue which could lead to hangs in certain apps when opening the Open File Dialog.
- Fixed an issue which was making the screen go black for some Insiders when enabling HDR recently.
- Fixed an issue where after using the Open With dialog, the process might stay running even if it wasn’t in use anymore.
- Fixed an issue which was leading to increased CPU usage for WSL2 users on ARM64 PCs even when WSL was idle.
- Fixed an issue where closing the print dialog could lead to an app crash in the last couple flights.
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
Known issues
[General]
- We’re looking into reports that audio stopped working for some Insiders after upgrading to the latest flights.
- We’re investigating reports of a few different apps having started crashing in recent builds.
- [NEW] We’re investigating reports that various UI elements in apps appear to be disappearing and reappearing sometimes in recent builds.
[Tablet-optimized taskbar]
- The taskbar sometimes flashes when transitioning between desktop posture and tablet posture.
- The taskbar takes longer than expected to transition to the touch-optimized version when switching between desktop posture and tablet posture.
- Using the left or right edge gestures can result in the Widgets or Notification Center (respectively) to overlap with or look truncated by the taskbar.
- When using the bottom right edge gesture to see Quick Settings, the taskbar sometimes stays stuck in the expanded state, instead of dismissing to collapsed state.
- When there are no running windows on the desktop, the taskbar can sometimes collapse, when it should be expanded.
[Widgets]
- In right-to-left display languages like Arabic, content animates out of view before the widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the widgets board.
- Notification badge number may appear misaligned on the taskbar.
For developers
You can download the latest Windows Insider SDK at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk.
SDK NuGet packages are now also flighting at NuGet Gallery | WindowsSDK which include:
- .NET TFM packages for use in .NET apps as described at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk
- C++ packages for Win32 headers and libs per architecture
- BuildTools package when you just need tools like MakeAppx.exe, MakePri.exe, and SignTool.exe
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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.730 and 22623.730
[File Explorer]
- Home now searches more recently opened Microsoft 365 cloud files for users who are signed with their Microsoft account or have their Microsoft account connected to the profile via Settings. Home search now shows recent file activity for cloud files when in details view. Microsoft 365 cloud files can now be searched using additional file properties such as file location, extension, and activity.
- File Explorer search will now show results as you type. The full search results page will update live without needing to press enter.
Fixes in Build 22623.730
[System Tray Updates]
NOTE: These fixes will only show if tablet-optimized taskbar with System Tray updates is enabled on your device. Please see above for details on the tablet-optimized taskbar and System Tray updates, which is beginning to roll out to Windows Insiders and not yet available for everyone.
- The taskbar should no longer flash because of changes in the system tray in non-tablet-optimized scenarios.
- Fixed an issue that was causing parts of the taskbar or its icons like search to get stuck in the wrong theme’s colors when switching between light and dark themes.
- Date and time should no longer get stuck cutting off on the side of the screen from system tray changes.
[Start menu]
- Fixed an issue which was causing Start menu crashes for some Insiders.
- Fixed an issue where the Start menu recommended section might unexpectedly show one column instead of two.
- If you change the app associated with a particular file type, the icon for any of those file type displayed should now update in the recommended section.
Fixes for BOTH Build 22621.730 & Build 22623.730
- We fixed an issue that affects some processors. This issue occurs when you turn on Hyper-V and kernel Direct Memory Access (DMA) protections.
- We fixed an issue that affects the Microsoft Japanese input method editor (IME). Text reconversion fails when you use some third-party virtual desktops.
- We fixed an issue that might cause an application to stop responding. This might occur when the input queue overflows.
- We fixed an issue that stops you from signing in to various Microsoft Office 365 apps. This affects Outlook, Word, Teams, and so on.
- We fixed an issue that affects graphics drivers that use d3d9on12.dll.
- We fixed issues that cause updates to the Microsoft Store to fail.
- We fixed an issue that affects the LanmanWorkstation service. It leaks memory when you mount a network drive.
- We fixed an issue that affects the Miracast UI. Sometimes it closes too soon when you cast to devices that use the DeviceObjectType:Aep.
- We fixed an issue that affects Task Manager. It stops working when you switch between light and dark mode or change the accent color.
- We fixed an issue that affects the font of three Chinese characters. When you format these characters as bold, the width size is wrong.
- We fixed an issue that affects input method editors (IME) from Microsoft and third parties. They stop working when you close the IME window. This occurs if the IME uses Windows Text Services Framework (TSF) 1.0.
- We fixed an issue that affects Microsoft Edge IE mode. It stops you from opening webpages. This occurs when you enable Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) and you do not configure Network Isolation policies.
- We fixed an issue that affects Microsoft Edge when it is in IE Mode. The titles of pop-up windows and tabs are wrong.
- We fixed an issue that stops the credential UI from displaying in IE mode.
- We fixed an issue that affects certificate mapping. When it fails, lsass.exe might stop working in schannel.dll.
Known issues
[General]
- We’re looking into reports that audio stopped working for some Insiders in recent Beta Channel builds.
[Tablet-optimized taskbar]
- The taskbar sometimes flashes when transitioning between desktop posture and tablet posture.
- The taskbar takes longer than expected to transition to the touch-optimized version when switching between desktop posture and tablet posture.
- Using the left or right edge gestures can result in the Widgets or Notification Center (respectively) to overlap with or look truncated by the taskbar.
- When using the bottom right edge gesture to see Quick Settings, the taskbar sometimes stays stuck in the expanded state, instead of dismissing to the collapsed state.
- When there are no running windows on the desktop, the taskbar can sometimes collapse, when it should be expanded.