Windows 11 build 23511

10.0.23511.1000.ni_prerelease.230722-2325

Build of Nickel
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	23511
Build revision	1000
Architecture	AMD64, ARM64
Build lab	ni_prerelease
Compiled on	2023-07-22
Expiration date
Timebomb	2023-09-15 (+55 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 23511 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 27 July 2023, along with build 25915.

New features and changes

Shell

• The new Spotlight UI, initially implemented in build 25197 and later refined in build 25324, has been rolled out to all users.
• The pop-up dialog to recommend automated Get Help troubleshooter to resolve camera streaming issues, initially implemented in build 25381, has been backported rolled out to all users.
• The redesigned preview tooltip when hovering over a file in the Start menu's Recommended section, initially implemented in build 25905 and later available in build 23506, has been rolled out to all users.
• The ability to label system apps under Start menu's All Apps section, initially implemented in build 23481, has been rolled out to a subset of users.
• A shortcut to Dev Home has been added to the Windows Tools folder under Start menu's All Apps section.
• The fly-in transition effect when switching between virtual desktops by pressing the key combination ⊞ Win+Ctrl+← or → has been made a bit smoother.
• The notification badges on the taskbar has been updated to a bell icon, in order to be consistent with the Do Not Disturb icon. It will be colorized based on the system accent color, and will show as an empty bell when no new notifications available. The badge counter has been removed as part of this change.

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  The bell icon when new notifications available

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  The bell icon when new notifications available (dark theme)

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  The bell icon when new notifications available (Captured Motion theme)

File Explorer

The performance when sending a large number of files at once to the Recycle Bin has been improved.

Settings

• The new "Phone Link" toggle switch under Bluetooth & devices > Phone Link, initially implemented in build 23506, has been rolled out to all users.
• Starting with this build, Remote Desktop Connection can be uninstalled via Apps > Installed apps.

Out-of-box experience (OOBE)

A new Presence Sensing toggle switch has been added under the Choose privacy settings for your device section. This change is disabled by default, but can be activated by enabling the 39484957 velocity staging key.

Miscellaneous

Starting with this build, Windows Copilot will be disabled by default on AAD-joined devices. It can still be enabled via the User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot policy in Group Policy Editor.

Bugfixes

File Explorer

• Fixed an issue where copying files out of large archive files or using the "Extract All" option may be slower than expected for solid .7z or .rar archive files.
• Fixed an issue when decompressing some of the newly supported archive format types, the folder names would turn into gibberish texts.

Shell

• Fixed an issue that was preventing apps from opening when selecting inside a notification pop-up for that app.
• Fixed an issue that was causing a notification suggesting to turn off notifications for an app named NotifyiconGeneratedAumid_* to show unexpectedly.
• Fixed multiple explorer.exe crashes that were impacting taskbar reliability.
• Fixed an issue that was causing Quick Settings to not open when selecting the network, volume, and battery icons in the system tray.

Settings

Fixed the instability bug that occurs when opening the Home page in build 23506. As a result, the page has been re-rolled out.

Windows Ink

Fixed an issue where writing in the address box in Microsoft Edge might not work correctly.

Bugs and quirks

File Explorer

Dragging the scroll bar or attempting to close the window during an extended file-loading process may lead File Explorer to crash.

Shell

• The Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray on the taskbar may sometimes disappear.
• The icons on the desktop may appear blank in certain cases. Refreshing the desktop would resolve this issue.
• Some non-system apps under Start menu's All Apps section, such as PWA apps installed via Microsoft Edge, may be labeled as system apps incorrectly.

Windows Copilot

• When pressing Alt+Tab ↹ to switch out of Windows Copilot, users may not switch back into it.
• When first launching or after refreshing Windows Copilot while using Voice access, users may need to use "Show grid" commands to click in the "Ask me anything" box for the first time.

Windows Ink

The following issues will only apply if the updates to Windows Ink introduced in build 23481 are enabled:

• The search boxes and comment fields in Microsoft 365 applications may not work correctly.
• Windows Ink may not convert handwriting to text into the main content in Microsoft 365 applications.

Dynamic lighting

Switching user accounts may turn off device LEDs.

Safe mode

• When logging in to Safe mode, explorer.exe may throw an Unknown Hard Error error and get stuck in a crash loop due to the 0xc0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) exception with faulting module HolographicExtensions.dll.
• 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

External links

• Official announcement