Windows 11 build 25201

Windows 11 build 25201 is the twenty-fourth Insider Preview and the eighteenth available client build of Copper, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 14 September 2022.

Widgets

 * A new expanded view has been added to the Widgets board. The size of the Widgets board can be expanded or collapsed via the Expand and collapse button in the top right corner of the board, next to the Add widgets button.
 * This feature is only available to a subset of users, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the  velocity ID and restarting.
 * The support to sign-in with the Xbox profile and the ability to show the most recently played set of PC Game Pass titles have been added to the Game Pass widget.
 * This feature is only available to a subset of users.

File Explorer

 * The default folders unpinned to File Explorer's navigation pane will be re-pinned after upgrading to this build.
 * Several cloud files have been added to search results from the Home page.
 * The ability to populate full search results while typing has been added.
 * As part of this change, the default size of the search box has been reduced.
 * This feature is only available to a subset of users, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the  velocity ID.

Shell

 * The redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar, initially introduced in build 25158, has been disabled.
 * This feature can still be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the  velocity ID with   parameters between   and.
 * The "Rename your PC" dialog has been redesigned in order to align with the design aesthetics of Windows 11.
 * This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the  and   velocity IDs.
 * The "Change date and time" dialog has been redesigned in order to align with the design aesthetics of Windows 11.
 * This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the  and   velocity IDs.

Task Manager

 * The reliability of Task Manager has been improved.
 * Several live kernel dump options have been added under the Settings page.

General

 * Fixed the issue causing a bugcheck when moving the mouse in certain games.
 * Fixed an issue causing some users to unexpectedly get the message "It is not possible to connect to this network" when connecting to certain Wi-Fi networks recently, although the network was working with other devices.
 * Fixed an issue which could lead to Windows Sandbox opening to just a black window on certain devices.

Shell

 * Fixed an issue causing the apps in the taskbar overflow flyout to be in the incorrect order when using an Arabic or Hebrew display language.
 * Fixed an issue causing the  to crash when dragging a snap group in Task View and then dropping it into another desktop.
 * Fixed an issue related to interacting with the desktops flyout in the taskbar which was causing periodic  crashes.
 * Fixed a DWM crash which could lead to a brief black screen when rotating a tablet.
 * Fixed a rare issue which could cause a DWM crash when watching videos in certain UWP apps.

Settings

 * Fixed an issue which was causing sporadic Settings app crashes.
 * An erroneous white pixel in the icon animation when clicking the Apps category has been removed.

Input

 * Fixed an issue where if users hadn't already opened OneNote once, using the pen click to invoke OneNote wouldn't work.
 * Addressed an issue where it wasn't possible to use the Pinyin IME to type in the chat box of certain games.

Widgets
Fixed the issue where in some cases, the Notification banner for some badging would not appear in the Widgets board.

General

 * The audio may stop working in certain cases.
 * Several apps may crash on launch in certain cases.
 * The OneDrive setup may appear to ask for permission to set up every time Windows reboots.
 * Disabling  from opening at startup may resolve this issue.

Tablet-optimized taskbar

 * The taskbar may sometimes flash when transitioning between desktop posture and tablet posture.
 * The taskbar may take 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 may cause the Widgets or Notification Center (respectively) to overlap with or look truncated by the taskbar.
 * The taskbar may sometimes stay stuck in the expanded state instead of dismissing to collapsed state when using the bottom right edge gesture to see Quick Settings.
 * The taskbar may sometimes collapse unexpectedly when there are no running windows on the desktop.

File Explorer
The command bar items, such as copy, paste, and empty recycle bin, may unexpectedly not be enabled.

Settings
Users may be unable to uninstall certain apps under the Installed apps page.

Shell
On some locales, the default font used in several UI elements (such as the date and time on the taskbar) may change to regular Segoe UI instead of Segoe UI Variable.

Virtualization

 * Users may experience a  bugcheck when booting Windows in VMware on a Hyper-V enabled host with 2 or more cores allocated.
 * The system may fail to boot in VMware with attached network adapters.

Widgets

 * The Notification badge number may appear misaligned on the taskbar.
 * In right-to-left display languages, the content may animate out of view before the Widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the Widgets board.

Safe mode

 * Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the  service not running.
 * Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer.