Windows 11 build 22489

Windows 11 build 22489 is the ninth 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 27 October 2021.

Settings

 * A new page "Your Microsoft account" has been added to show information related to Microsoft account.
 * The "Apps & Features" page has been split into two pages, "Installed apps" and "Advanced app settings".

Shell

 * Pin to Quick Access is now a top-level button when right-clicking a drive in File Explorer.

Others

 * Added support for Discovery of Designated Resolvers, a mechanism for DNS clients to use DNS records to discover a resolver's encrypted DNS configuration and protocols.
 * 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 "Windows Update" links 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.