Windows 11 build 22499.1000

Windows 11 build 22499 is the eleventh Insider Preview build of Nickel, the 22H1 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 10 November 2021.

Shell

 * The ability to share the content from open app windows directly from the taskbar to any Microsoft Teams meeting call has been added.
 * The keyboard focus visuals in Task View and Alt have become a little more prominent.

Miscellaneous

 * The backend dictionaries for several languages has been updated in order to improve the accuracy of the touch keyboard's text suggestions and autocorrect.
 * When taking a screenshot of a UWP app by pressing the New button in Snipping Tool, Snipping Tool should come into the foreground once the snip is done.

Bugfixes

 * Addressed an issue that was causing clipboard history to unexpectedly be blank even if it's enabled and should contain content.
 * Addressed an issue where clicking  in the emoji panel doesn't insert them into supporting apps.
 * Addressed an issue when changing accent color the accents, the accents in the emoji panel would get stuck with the old color.
 * Fixed a crash caused by the previous version of Microsoft Pinyin IME.
 * Mitigated an  crash that was happening sometimes recently related to touch keyboard usage.
 * A fix has been made to address another issue where  would crash when holding down Alt and pressing F4 after pressing Alt.
 * Fixed a Settings app crash that could happen when trying to check remote sound properties while accessing a PC over Remote Desktop.
 * Fixed an issue that was causing some clipping / unexpected zoom when going through OOBE on some ultrawide monitors.
 * The apostrophe in the error message when user's fingerprint isn't recognized on the login screen should display correctly now.
 * Fixed an issue that was causing some devices to bugcheck with an error message  when coming out of sleep recently.
 * Fixed a deadlock that could happen related to, resulting in certain apps not being able to play media sometimes.
 * Addressed an issue that was causing reports in Reliability Monitor to unexpectedly be blank with just an empty rectangle when going to see more info.
 * Address an issue resulting in certain games having some lag that was only noticeable when the window was in focus.

Bugs and quirks

 * Some devices may fail to install this build or perform an update with error codes  or  -.
 * The clock in the taskbar may get stuck and not updated, particularly when accessing the PC via Remote Desktop.
 * Caps Lock, Num Lock, Scroll Lock, and other indicator lights on the keyboard may not work properly.
 * Hovering the mouse back and forth between different desktops in Task View may result in the displayed thumbnails and content area unexpectedly shrinking.
 * Clicking App Settings in an app's right-click context menu may lead to the System page in the Settings app, rather than the Advanced Options page.