Windows 11 build 22489

Windows 11 build 22489 is the ninth Insider Preview build of Nickel, the 22H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 27 October 2021.

Settings

 * A new page named "Your Microsoft account" has been added to show information related to the user's Microsoft account.
 * This page is only available to a subset of users via the Online Service Experience Pack available in Windows Update.
 * The "Apps & Features" page has been split into two pages, "Installed apps" and "Advanced app settings".
 * The ability to view installed apps in three layouts (list, tiles and grid) has been added under Installed apps page.

File Explorer

 * The "Pin to Quick Access" item is now a top-level button when right clicking any folders and drives.

Miscellaneous

 * Added support for Discovery of Designated Resolvers, a mechanism for Windows to use DNS records to discover a resolver's encrypted DNS configuration and protocols known only by its IP address.
 * Renamed the Connect app to Wireless Display.

Bugfixes

 * Windows Sandbox now works properly on ARM64 PCs.
 * Addressed an issue where  would crash occasionally when using the Desktops flyout context menu or dismissing the Desktops flyout.
 * Addressed an issue that was causing flickering in the app window when resizing certain apps in recent Nickel builds.
 * Addressed an issue where the media controls is sometimes not showing up in Quick Settings when music was playing recently.
 * The Get Started app will no longer crash if the Tips app has been uninstalled.
 * Mitigated an underlying issue that was causing the Processes tab in Task Manager to be blank occasionally.
 * This is also believed to be the same root cause causing UAC to open very slowly recently.
 * Addressed an issue causing some devices to bugcheck with  when updating on previous builds.
 * Addressed an issue where Xbox Game Pass games are failing to install with error.
 * Addressed an issue where  in PowerShell was failing with an error.
 * Made an underlying change to help fix an issue causing some users to see an unexpected "bad image" error message dialog on boot.

Bugs and quirks

 * In the Settings app, the "Recovery" and "For developers" links appear under the main Windows Update page instead of the Privacy & security page.
 * Users need to click on the "Windows Update" link in order to reach the settings for Windows Update.
 * On some devices, the screen and sleep timeouts may be reduced on purpose as a "potential impact" to energy consumption related to shorted timeouts.
 * In Safe mode, clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer.