Windows 11 build 25262
Build of Zinc | |
OS family | Windows 11 (NT 10.0) |
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Version number | 10.0 |
Build number | 25262 |
Build revision | 1000 |
Architecture | AMD64, ARM64 |
Build lab | rs_prerelease |
Compiled on | 2022-12-05 |
Expiration date | |
Timebomb | 2023-09-15 (+284 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 | |
About dialog | |
Windows 11 build 25262 is the fourth Insider Preview and the third available client build of Zinc, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 9 December 2022.
New features and changes[edit | edit source]
Widgets[edit | edit source]
The sign-in requirement for Widgets has been removed. Therefore, users can now access the Widgets board without signing into a Microsoft account. This change can be toggled on manually by enabling the 41561445
and 41561454
velocity IDs.
Settings[edit | edit source]
- The "Quick assistance from a friend" link has been added to the bottom of System > Troubleshooters.
- A new option "Automatically manage color for apps" has been added under Display > Advanced display to turn on Auto Color Management for SDR displays. This feature is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the
41740192
velocity ID.
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
- The performance of launching the search window in certain cases has been improved.
- The text in Wireless Display has been updated to prompt users to turn on the input if it's not enabled.
Boot environment[edit | edit source]
The CIMFS device type which has been present but unimplemented since an unknown build is now implemented.
- Therefore, the CIMFS filesystem which was present since an unknown build but unusable due to requiring a device of type CIMFS which could not be created, is now usable.
- An attempt to create or open a device of type CIMFS will wipe all derived BitLocker keys and cap PCR11 if it was not already capped.
Bugfixes[edit | edit source]
General[edit | edit source]
- Fixed an issue that was causing Windows Web Experience Pack to be missing after upgrading to build 25252 in certain cases, thus causing
explorer.exe
to get stuck in a crash loop and preventing Widgets and Windows Sandbox from working properly. - Fixed an issue that was causing certain PCI devices (such as secondary drives) to not work properly with errors in Device Manager.
- Fixed an issue where users would need to press ← Backspace after typing to see search results for
.cmd
,.exe
or.bat
files.
Shell[edit | edit source]
- Fixed an issue where, with the system tray design updates, auto-hiding the taskbar would stop working after users had interacted with the hidden icons flyout.
- Fixed an issue that was causing a gap between full screen windows and the taskbar on secondary monitors.
- Fixed an issue that was causing the system tray area to shift as the numbers change in the clock.
- Fixed an issue that was causing the top half of the media controls in Quick Settings to be missing sometimes.
- Fixed an issue that was causing the Microsoft Account sign-in window to have a black title bar in certain cases when using light mode.
- The following fixes will only apply if the new search box on the taskbar is enabled:
- Fixed an issue where the search box would not show up on multiple monitors as expected when clicking on either one.
- Fixed an issue where clicking the search box would cause it to momentarily flash before the Search page displayed.
File Explorer[edit | edit source]
Fixed an issue that was causing explorer.exe
to crash when opening certain items from the Recent section.
Settings[edit | edit source]
Fixed an issue that was causing the Wi-Fi section of Quick Settings to say network venue on certain entries unexpectedly.
Task Manager[edit | edit source]
Fixed an issue where the graphs on the performance page might not update, even though the real time update speed setting wasn't paused.
Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]
General[edit | edit source]
- Several apps may crash on launch in certain cases.
- The Cast to Device feature may not work in certain cases.
Shell[edit | edit source]
- Various UI elements in apps may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
- 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.
- Opening the Bluetooth section of Quick Settings may cause system to crash.
- The taskbar may sometimes be cropped in half when using the tablet-optimized taskbar.
- The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
- The search box may not render correctly and display visual artifacts.
- The search box may appear to be floating on the desktop when changing the primary monitor.
- Several layout issues with the text in the search box may appear on right-to-left locales.
- Some Japanese IME candidate items may be clipped inside the search box.
Task Manager[edit | edit source]
- Filtering by publisher name may not match correctly on the Processes page.
- Some services may not show in the Services page after filtering is applied.
- If a new process is starting while a filter is set, then that process may appear for a split second in the filtered list.
- Some dialogs may not render in the correct theme when applied from the Settings page.
- The data content area of the Processes page may flash once when theme changes are applied in the Settings page.
- The Task Manager may not display light and dark content correctly with unreadable text when the "Choose your mode" option under Personalization > Colors in the Settings app is set to Custom.
- The Startup apps page may not list any apps in certain cases.
Widgets[edit | edit source]
- On right-to-left locales, the content may animate out of view before the Widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the Widgets board.
- The widgets board may get stuck open in an invisible state for users in certain regions, causing clicks on the left side of the screen to not work.
- Pressing ⊞ Win+D may resolve this issue.
Safe mode[edit | edit source]
- Enabling the search box/icon on the taskbar may cause
explorer.exe
to hang or crash. - 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
.