Windows 11 build 26200

10.0.26200.5001.ge_prerelease.240412-1717
	Build of Germanium
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	26200
Build revision	5001
Architecture	AMD64, ARM64
Build lab	ge_prerelease
Compiled on	2024-04-12
Expiration date
Timebomb	2024-09-15 (+156 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 (Subscription)
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Windows 11 build 26200 is a build of Germanium, the 24H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to the Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel on 19 April 2024.

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

Widgets[edit | edit source]

The Widgets entry point on the taskbar has been updated with clearer visuals and a larger set of animated icons.
The ability to send notifications to the Widgets entry point with custom dashboards has been added and rolled out to users in the European Economic Area (EEA).
The ability to disable taskbar notifications from individual dashboards has been added and rolled out to users in the European Economic Area (EEA).
The Widgets entry point at its new position to the left of system tray on the left-aligned taskbar, initially implemented in build 22635.3420, has been ported to this build. It's disabled by default, but can be activated manually by enabling the 48468527, 48468541 and 48660958 velocity staging keys.

Settings[edit | edit source]

The entry point to Fonts applet in Control Panel has been redirected to the corresponding Personalization > Fonts page, and an info bar will show above the Settings page and legacy Fonts applet to inform the change. The legacy Fonts applet can still be accessed by navigating to %systemroot%\Fonts in File Explorer or typing the fonts command in the Run dialog. This change is disabled by default, but can be activated manually by enabling the 48177092 and 48433719 velocity staging keys.
An unfinished Advanced options page has been added under Accounts > Passkeys for managing synchronization and credential manager settings. This page is disabled by default, but can be activated manually by enabling the 33722644, 46264199, 48412482 and 48433719 velocity staging keys.
The ability to show the backup date of the latest Windows backup has been added to the Accounts > Windows backup page. This feature is disabled by default, but can be activated manually by enabling the 48126226 velocity staging key.

Bugfixes[edit | edit source]

Shell[edit | edit source]

Fixed an issue that was causing a dead zone that couldn't click inside of next to the notification center.
Fixed an issue that was causing the page icons in Quick Settings to not work in secondary settings pages.
Fixed an issue where keyboard focus wasn't shifting to the top item of the new page correctly after switching pages in Quick Settings.
Fixed an issue that was causing RemoteApp windows to get cut off when using 200% scaling.
Fixed an issue where the option to set a different wallpaper on each desktop wasn't working.

Input[edit | edit source]

Fixed a tabtip.exe crash impacting the ability to input text.

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

General[edit | edit source]

Users may be unable to perform an in-place upgrade to this build via Windows Update in builds 26040, 23620 and earlier due to a deadlock that occurs during the initial preparation process.
The Advanced Boot Options screen in bootmgr may be broken and instead boot into the Automatic Repair screen.

Shell[edit | edit source]

The BSOD screen may not render correctly and appear completely black.
The spinner animation in boot screen may disappear.
Text on highlighted items in Microsoft Management Console and some of its snap-ins may have a yellow color.

Copilot[edit | edit source]

Copilot may run automatically at startup unexpectedly after restarting Windows.
Voice access and Windows Ink may not work reliably if the undocking experience for Copilot is enabled.
When Copilot is docked and resized to a large width, it may not always fill the width of the panel. Resizing Copilot to less than half of the width of the screen usually fixes this issue.

Widgets[edit | edit source]

The following issues are applicable if the afementioned new position for the Widgets entry point on left-aligned taskbars are enabled:

Swipe invocation for the Widgets board and unpinning the Widgets entry point from the taskbar may not work if the taskbar is center-aligned.
Toggling the Widgets option under Personalization > Taskbar in the Settings app may refresh the taskbar.
The Widgets board may be incorrectly positioned when Copilot is in side-by-side mode.