Windows 11 build 22526

10.0.22526.1000.rs_prerelease.211215-1332
	Build of Windows 11 2022 Update
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	22526
Build revision	1000
Architecture	AMD64, ARM64
Build lab	rs_prerelease
Compiled on	2021-12-15
Expiration date
Timebomb	2022-09-15 (+274 days)
SKUs
	Home (N, Single Language, China); SE (N); Pro (N, Single Language, China); Pro Education (N); Pro for Workstations (N); Education (N); Enterprise (Evaluation, G, GN, N, N Evaluation); IoT Enterprise; Team
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Windows 11 build 22526 is the sixteenth Insider Preview build of Windows 11 2022 Update. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 6 January 2022, one day after its server counterpart.

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

Shell[edit | edit source]

The ability to show Alt+Tab as windowed instead of full screen has been rolled out to a subset of users.

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

The sideband speech support for AirPods products has been added.
Credential Guard is now enabled by default on Windows 11 Enterprise (E3 and E5 subscriptions) licensed devices that are enterprise-joined.
- It has been available in build 22518, but disabled by default.
More file locations have been indexed to make searching process in Files Explorer more quicker.

Bugfixes[edit | edit source]

Address an issue where if used search in File Explorer, and then explorer.exe crashed, the next time trying to search in File Explorer it wouldn't work.
Fixed the recent searches flyout getting stuck on the screen (appearing transparent except the border).
Improved the resolution of app icons displayed in search results when the display scaling was set to greater than 100%.
When using Spotlight collection, the current image should migrate on upgrade now if the build was used to upgrading are from build 22523 or higher.
Fixed an issue result in the Widgets board potentially not having the correct resolution when hovering over the entry point on a secondary monitor.
Addressed an issue where the Widgets board would temporarily be blank, showing only an Add Widgets button (which also opened to a blank dialog).
Fixed an issue where remote desktop users would encounter a bugcheck KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED when attempting to shutdown or restart.
Microsoft Store should no longer show a message that trying to install the latest Web Media Extension update is returning error code 0x80073CFB.
Addressed a DWM crash impacting some users in build 22523.

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

Some devices may fail to update drivers and firmware with an error code 0x8007012a.
The network icon may sometimes go missing in the taskbar. Restarting explorer.exe should fix this issue.
The Search panel may not open after clicking the Search icon on the taskbar. Restarting explorer.exe should fix this issue.
Users may fail to sign into certain built-in apps, such as Feedback Hub. Restarting Windows should fix this issue.
Right-clicking on the date and time on the taskbar on the primary monitor when multiple monitors are connected may lead explorer.exe to crash.
The signal strength indicators may not reflect the correct signal strength when viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks in the Settings app.
The Settings app may crash when going to HDR section under System page.
A blank entry may appear under Bluetooth & Devices page in Settings app.
Settings may crash when trying to access the Installed Apps, Startup Apps, and Default Apps pages.
Changing the taskbar alignment may cause the Widgets button to disappear from taskbar.
When having multiple monitors, Widgets content on taskbar may get out of sync between monitors.
The information such as temperature may not show on a left-aligned taskbar.
Some text authoring commands, e.g., "select that" or "delete that", may not work as expected across Windows applications when using voice access.
Recognition of some punctuation marks and symbols, such as the @ sign, are not accurate when using voice access.
Users may see a longer period of time before speech is stopped when pressing Ctrl key in continuous reading scenarios.
When starting Windows in Safe mode, the desktop may stuck in a crash loop due to an unhandled exception 0xc000027b in explorer.exe.
Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app in Safe mode due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer 0xc0000409.
Attempting to open a folder named "advanced" may open up the "Advanced sharing settings" page in the Settings app.^[1]