Windows 11 build 23466.1001

10.0.23466.1001.ni_prerelease.230522-1422

Build of Nickel
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	23466
Build revision	1001
Architecture	AMD64, ARM64
Build lab	ni_prerelease
Compiled on	2023-05-22
Expiration date
Timebomb	2023-09-15 (+116 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 23466.1001 is an 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 24 May 2023.

New features and changes

Taskbar

• The support of ungrouping taskbar buttons and showing app labels, which had been absent since the original release of Windows 11, has been re-added and are configurable via Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors in the Settings app. These changes are only available to a subset of users, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the 29785186 velocity ID.
• The ability to invoke the Search flyout when hovering over the search icon, initially implemented in build 23435, was rolled out to all users.
• The ability to show text relating to the highlight of the day on the search box has been added. This feature is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the 41950597 velocity ID.

File Explorer

• Several changes to the File Explorer have been implemented, which are disabled by default and can be toggled on manually by enabling 40950262 (FEMNB) and 42105254 (MTestUx15) velocity IDs:
  • The moved action buttons, address bar and search bar have been redesigned and moved below the command bar.
  • The context menu for address bar and search bar has been redesigned.
  • A refresh button has been added next to the moved action buttons.
  • A new OneDrive breadcrumb item will show in the address bar when opening shell folders and their subfolders except for Downloads. Clicking it will open the OneDrive sync status and quota flyout. If the files or folders are not backed up to the OneDrive, the "Start Backup" breadcrumb item will be shown instead, and clicking it will open the OneDrive backup dialog.
  • The green progress bar in the address field has been removed. Instead, a ring-shaped progressive spinner will appear in tabs to indicate the loading process.
• The icons for the entries in the Collection dropdown menu in the Gallery page have been added.
• The pizza icon on the command bar in the Windows App SDK-based File Explorer has been removed.

Shell

• The redesigned Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog, initially implemented in build 25267, has been backported to this build.
• A new ranking method has been implemented into Start menu's Recommended section to show the files in reverse chronological order of when they were last used.
• The system will now detect if users are interacting with toasts or not and provide a suggestion to turn the toast banners off for these apps. This feature is only available to a subset of users, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the 23214784 and 41967741 velocity IDs.
• The fade in and out animation has been implemented into appearance when manually switching between Spotlight wallpapers via the selector UI.

Settings

• The support of creating ReFS developer volumes (also known as Dev Drive) via System > Storage > Disks & volumes, initially implemented in build 25324, has been rolled out to all users.
• The support of creating and attaching virtual hard disks via System > Storage > Disks & volumes, initially implemented in build 25324, has been rolled out to all users.
• A new "More adapter options" link has been added under Network & Internet > Advanced network settings for accessing advanced properties for network adapters and Internet properties.
• A new "View Wi-Fi security key" link has been added under Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Manage known networks for viewing Wi-Fi passwords for known networks.
• The ability to join Bluetooth Personal Area networks under the Bluetooth & devices > Devices has been added for paired devices that are sharing Internet over Bluetooth.
• The Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Data Usage page has been updated with additional options to set daily and weekly data limits, as well as the ability to show how far a data limit has been exceeded.
• The redesigned Startup and App Execution Alias pages, initially implemented in build 25197, has been backported to this build.
• The Archive apps toggle switch under Apps > Advanced app settings, initially implemented in build 25211, has been backported to this build.
• The Lighting page under Personalization, initially implemented in build 25295, has been backported to this build. This page is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the 35262205 velocity ID.
• The For Developers subpage under the Privacy & security page has been moved to the main System page.

Backup

• A new Windows Backup app has been added for quickly backing up folders, files, applications and credentials on the device to a signed in Microsoft account.
• All pinned Microsoft Store apps on the taskbar and in the Start menu, as well as all settings in the Settings app, will persist across devices.
• The screen for restoring from backup in OOBE has been redesigned to coordinate with the Windows Backup app.

Accessibility

• Several correction commands have been implemented to correct words that are misrecognized by voice access. These commands are only available to a subset of users.
• Two new Narrator natural voices in Simplified Chinese, "Xiaoxiao" and "Yunxi", have been added.

Task Manager

• The navigation pane has been made a bit narrower. As part of this change, the text will be wrapped when necessary.
• The access keys related to the creation of live kernel memory dump file submenu has been added.
• The search icon has been updated to make it easier to see when using a contrast theme.

Miscellaneous

• The Segoe UI Emoji font has been updated to version 1.40, which includes new emoji characters based on the Unicode Emoji 15.0 standard. Some of the emoji characters in the current set have also been updated.
• The support for bridging adapters via the netsh command line has been added.
• Passpoint Wi-Fi networks has been updated to support enhanced connection performance, and a URL will be displayed in Quick Settings to provide information about the venue or event.
• The WPA3 support has been added to the Phone Link instant hotspot feature.
• The integration of Chat from Microsoft Teams, initially introduced in build 22000.100, has been removed. As part of this change, the Chat icon on the taskbar has also been replaced by Microsoft Teams (free) app icon, and the Chat icon toggle switch under Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar items in the Settings app has also been removed. This change can be toggled on manually by enabling the 44520430 velocity ID.
• The ability to format volumes as ReFS has been re-added to all SKUs. The previous implementation was removed in Windows 10 build 16226 from all SKUs except for Enterprise.

Bugfixes

File Explorer

• Fixed an issue that was causing File Explorer or the Control Panel to become unresponsive to clicks after invoking the context menu.
• Fixed an issue where File Explorer and taskbar weren't responding to light and dark mode changes until explorer.exe was restarted.
• Fixed an issue where Narrator wasn't saying anything when opening and closing the details pane.

Taskbar

• Fixed an issue where the taskbar in multi-monitor setups would show the indicator for an app window having focus on the screen when it actually didn't.
• Fixed the issue that was causing content to flicker before the content finishes loading when the Search flyout is opened.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Search flyout to crash on launch in certain cases.

Settings

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Settings app to crash will switching Do not disturb status under System > Notifications.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Settings app to crash randomly sometimes when navigating away from certain pages.

Task Manager

• Fixed the issue where pressing ↵ Enter when keyboard focus is on one of the sections in the Performance page wasn't actually switch sections.
• Fixed the issue that was preventing Task Manager from resizing from the top of the window.

Bugs and quirks

General

• Additional filters beyond AV may be attached to the Dev Drive on a reboot.
• The performance of Dev Drive may vary between different devices.
• Backups of a device that was set up using a restore may not show up in subsequent restores.

File Explorer

• File Explorer may crash when dragging the scroll bar or attempting to close the window during an extended file-loading process.
• File Explorer may crash when clicking the ellipsis and chevron next to it in the address bar to open the flyout.
  • This issue will only apply if the aformentioned changes to the File Explorer are enabled.
• The access keys in the XAML context menu may appear inconsistently if no button is pressed. Pressing a button will cause them to reappear.
• Clicking on the Share command may bring up the Windows share sheet (non-OneDrive) when the file recommendations feature is enabled.
• The following issues will only apply if the Gallery page is enabled:
  • The page may require clicking twice on the node in the navigation pane for initial load.
  • Users may experience thumbnail loading performance for dehydrated cloud files and memory usage in large collections.
  • Photos from OneDrive for Business currently must be hydrated to work properly.
  • Some file types (e.g., .HEIC) may not be rendered correctly or performantly.

Taskbar

• An empty tooltip may display momentarily when hovering the search box and the search highlight gleam icon.
• Narrator may not be able to navigate down the left side panel of the Search flyout.
• Text scaling may not work in the search flyout.
• When dragging and dropping a window in Task View to a different desktop, the icon for that app may not appear on the taskbar.

Shell

The copy button for copying two-factor authentication codes in notification toasts may not work.

Safe mode

• Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the Capability Access Manager Service service not running.
• Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer 0xc0000409.

Gallery

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  Boot screen

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  The taskbar with ungrouped taskbar buttons and app labels

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  File Explorer

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  File Explorer (in dark mode)

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  The Taskbar page in the Settings app

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  The Narrator natural voice (Simplified Chinese) selection dialog in the Settings app

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  The Windows Backup app (Welcome screen)

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  The Windows Backup app (Backing up screen)

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  The redesigned screen for restoring from backup in OOBE

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  Notification suggestions to turn off toast banners

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  Emoji showcase

External links

• Official announcement