Microsoft today released the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 update to the Dev channel, starting to roll out File Explorer Tab and navigation updates to Windows Insiders.
New Features:
File Explorer Tabs and Navigation Updates:
Windows 11’s File Explorer Tabs are back, allowing users to better manage their files, and introducing a new layout for the left-hand navigation pane that allows users to easily navigate to important folders.
The updated organization has easy access to pinned and common folders (Quick Access) and OneDrive cloud profiles added to Windows.
Known Windows folders that are available by default in the Navigation Pane are no longer displayed under This PC, and when users navigate to OneDrive’s folders (eg Documents, Pictures, etc.), the address bar displays the correct path to identify the folder Either on-premises or in the cloud.
Dynamic widget content on taskbar:
Microsoft is experimenting with some changes to bring more dynamic widget content to the taskbar. In addition to viewing real-time weather from the Weather widget, users will also be able to see real-time updates from the Sports and Finance widgets, as well as breaking news alerts.
The taskbar’s dynamic widget content is designed to be quick and clear at a glance, and if the user clicks on it, they will be able to see more within the widget panel. However, if the user does not interact with the content update, the taskbar will return to showing the weather. Both of these features will be rolled out slowly, and Microsoft wants to check the feedback from early users, so they may not be available at first.
Changes and Improvements
[Input]
- We are beginning to roll out the ability for Insiders to report animated gifs they feel are inappropriate from the emoji panel (WIN + .)
Fixes
[General]
- Addressed an issue that was leading to some PCs being erroneously detected as tablets. When this happened, compact mode and the option to hide checkboxes in File Explorer wouldn’t take effect.
- Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to experience an SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION bugcheck in recent Dev Channel builds.
[Taskbar]
- Fixed an issue that was sometimes causing taskbar apps to overflow with the system tray icons.
- When you hover on an app in the system tray, its notification will no longer flash.
[Start]
- Fixed an issue that could cause Start to only show one column of recommended items.
- If you’re pinning a large number of apps to Start, it should now refresh to show them more reliably.
[Settings]
- Fixed an issue from the previous flight where Disks & Volumes section of System > Storage wasn’t displaying any disks or volumes.
[Windowing]
- We made a fix to help with a rare issue which was causing title bars to sometimes go transparent or missing sometimes in certain apps.
[Windows Update]
- Fixed an issue where Windows Update might unexpectedly show error 0x00000000 when there wasn’t anything wrong.
- Fixed an issue which was leading to some devices bugchecking with HYPERVISOR_ERROR when trying to upgrade to a new build.
[Task Manager]
- Fixed an issue which was causing Task Manager to crash on launch sometimes after switching between light and dark mode or changing accent color.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue which could lead to increased latency or stutter in games when v-sync was used.
- Fixed an issue which could cause some PCs to freeze after running the wsl –shutdown command.
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
Known issues
[General]
- Windows Insiders on Surface Pro X devices will hit a black screen attempting to resume from hibernate on this build. You will need to power cycle (long power button shutdown) to get back into the device. It is recommended Insiders on these devices pause flighting until we release a build with this fix.
- [NEW] We are investigating reports that the Mica material and Acrylic blur effect is not rendering correct in OS surfaces like the Start menu, Notification Center and other areas.
- We’re investigating reports that shutting down via the Start menu isn’t working for some Insiders and is unexpectedly rebooting instead.
- Some games that use Easy Anti-Cheat may crash or cause your PC to bugcheck.
[File Explorer]
- [NEW] The up arrow is misaligned in File Explorer tabs. This will be fixed in a future update.
[Live captions]
- Certain apps in full screen (e.g., video players) prevent live captions from being visible.
- Certain apps positioned near the top of the screen and closed before live captions are run will re-launch behind the live captions window positioned at the top. Use the system menu (ALT + Spacebar) while the app has focus to move the app’s window further down.
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