Good day Home windows Insiders, right now we’re releasing Home windows 11 Insider Preview Construct 25188 to the Dev Channel.
TL;DR
- We try out a brand new contact keyboard setting on this construct and Home windows Terminal is now the default terminal.
- This construct features a good set of fixes to enhance the general expertise for Home windows Insiders.
- We’re additionally releasing one other Microsoft Retailer replace beginning with Home windows Insiders within the Dev Channel – particulars under.
- We have now added a brand new identified difficulty for this construct the place apps that depend on the .NET Framework 3.5 could also be damaged. When you’ve got apps put in that use the .NET Framework 3.5 and wish them to work, chances are you’ll need to pause flighting and maintain off updating to this construct.
What’s new
Up to date Contact Keyboard Settings
We try out a brand new contact keyboard setting that replaces the “Present the contact keyboard when there’s no keyboard connected” checkbox below Settings > Time & language > Typing > Contact keyboard with a brand new dropdown menu with 3 choices to regulate whether or not tapping an edit management ought to launch the contact keyboard:
- “By no means” suppresses the contact keyboard even when no {hardware} keyboard is connected.
- “When no keyboard connected” will present the contact keyboard solely when the system is used as a pill with out the {hardware} keyboard.
- “At all times” will present the contact keyboard even when the {hardware} keyboard is connected.
[We are beginning to roll this out, so the experience isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]
FEEDBACK: Please file suggestions in Suggestions Hub (WIN + F) below Enter and Language > Contact keyboard.
Modifications and Enhancements
[Windows Terminal]
- Home windows Terminal is now the default terminal in Home windows 11. This implies, all command line purposes will open in Home windows Terminal mechanically (Command Immediate and PowerShell, for instance). The setting for this variation will be discovered through Settings > Privateness & safety > For builders. Please notice that Home windows Terminal model 1.15 or better is required for this characteristic.
[Settings]
- Up to date the Wi-Fi and VPN properties pages in Settings to now embrace a hyperlink to superior properties for that community.
Fixes
[Taskbar]
- Fastened a problem associated to the taskbar overflow which was impacting explorer.exe reliability.
[Start]
- Fastened a problem that was inflicting Begin’s really helpful to solely present one column as an alternative of two.
- Made a repair for Narrator mistakenly studying out the search field in Begin twice.
- Fastened a problem the place the entry keys (underlined letters) in WIN + X had duplicate definitions when an replace was pending reboot.
[File Explorer]
- Fastened a problem inflicting a small proportion of Insiders to expertise repeated explorer.exe crashes after making an attempt to entry sure folders on their techniques within the final couple Dev Channel builds.
- Fastened a latest difficulty the place if File Explorer was open whenever you switched between gentle and darkish mode, you can find yourself with some unreadable textual content / UI displaying the mistaken coloration.
- Fastened a problem that was inflicting explorer.exe to crash when opening folders with sure pictures.
- The up arrow ought to now not be misaligned in File Explorer.
- Fastened a problem which may result in not with the ability to unpin Desktop, Footage, or Paperwork folders from Fast entry.
- Fastened an underlying explorer.exe crash which may occur when File Explorer launch was aborted, for instance when you had been making an attempt to entry a community share from the Run dialog, had been prompted for credentials, after which clicked cancel as an alternative of getting into them.
- If the tab title is just too lengthy to show fully within the accessible area, hovering your mouse over it’s going to now present a tooltip with the complete identify.
- Fastened a problem which may result in explorer.exe crashing when File Explorer was closed.
- Fastened a problem inflicting the delete key to unexpectedly not work on information in File Explorer typically.
- Eliminated the toolbar some individuals had been unexpectedly seeing (with View / Edit / and so on) after the introduction of tabs in File Explorer. As a part of this, the “at all times present menus” possibility in Folder Choices was additionally eliminated which didn’t do something.
[Search]
- Fastened an underlying crash which may result in search not launching.
- Trying to find “detect shows” will now return Show Settings.
[Input]
- Made various updates to emoji key phrases primarily based on suggestions, together with fixing that looking for apple didn’t return the crimson apple emoji in Korean or Polish (within the respective languages), looking for trash or rubbish in English ought to now return the wastebasket emoji, looking for roger in English ought to now return the saluting face emoji, and looking for bug will now return the ladybug emoji. Please proceed sharing suggestions about emoji search outcomes below Enter & Language > Emoji Panel within the Suggestions Hub!
[Settings]
- Fastened a problem the place in sure instances eradicating a printer from Settings wouldn’t work.
- Fastened a problem the place the DNS suffix search listing entry wasn’t displaying accurately in Settings.
- Fastened a problem the place the buttons for altering present view in Settings > Apps > Put in apps would possibly unexpectedly present arrows overlaid on prime.
[Task Manager]
- Up to date the positioning of the View button tooltip place so it shouldn’t block the shut button within the title bar anymore.
- The arrow proven when sorting processes by CPU ought to now not be black on black in sure instances when utilizing darkish mode.
- Up to date the choice spotlight coloration when you choose rows on the Particulars or Providers web page to be much less vivid and extra aligned with the opposite colours used with the up to date Activity Supervisor design.
[Other]
- Fastened a problem resulting in lacking / damaged characters on the Bitlocker display when utilizing the Japanese show language.
- Fastened a problem the place the Superior Settings of an utility pool on a distant IIS server would show a clean display.
- Fastened a problem the place Steps Recorder wouldn’t shut whenever you pressed ALT + F4.
NOTE: Some fixes famous right here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel might make their approach into the servicing updates for the launched model of Home windows 11.
Identified points
[General]
- Some video games that use Simple Anti-Cheat might crash or trigger your PC to bugcheck.
- We’re wanting into studies that audio stopped working for some Insiders after upgrading to the final flight.
- We’re investigating studies of some completely different apps having began crashing in latest builds.
- [NEW] Enabling .NET Framework 3.5 from the Home windows Options dialog won’t work on this construct. In the event you had it enabled previous to upgrading, it might change into disabled. This may doubtlessly result in points with apps that depend on these elements. We’re engaged on a repair.
[File Explorer]
- We’re engaged on the repair for a problem the place the search field background in File Explorer may be the other coloration of your present mode.
- We’re engaged on the repair for a problem the place the taskbar isn’t capable of show if File Explorer is maximized and you’ve got the taskbar set to auto-hide.
- [NEW] A repair for File Explorer showing to open and shut earlier than lastly ending drawing when launched from sure areas will probably be accessible in a future flight.
[Widgets]
- Notification badge quantity might seem misaligned on the taskbar.
- In some instances, the notification banner for some badging won’t seem within the widgets board.
[Printing]
- We’re engaged on the repair for a problem in latest Dev Channel flights inflicting strains to not be included when printing tables from sure apps.
For builders
You possibly can obtain the newest Home windows Insider SDK at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk.
SDK NuGet packages at the moment are additionally flighting at NuGet Gallery | WindowsSDK which embrace:
These NuGet packages present extra granular entry to the SDK and higher combine in CI/CD pipelines.
Microsoft Retailer Replace
We’re starting to check Microsoft Retailer Adverts in search outcomes. Builders curious about collaborating can enroll on the waitlist right here.
In regards to the Dev Channel
The Dev Channel receives builds that signify lengthy lead work from our engineers with options and experiences which will by no means get launched as we check out completely different ideas and get suggestions. You will need to keep in mind that the builds we launch to the Dev Channel shouldn’t be seen as matched to any particular launch of Home windows and the options included might change over time, be eliminated, or changed in Insider builds or might by no means be launched past Home windows Insiders to basic clients. For extra info, please learn this weblog submit about how we plan to make use of the Dev Channel to incubate new concepts, work on lengthy lead objects, and management the states of particular person options.
These aren’t at all times secure builds, and typically you will note points that block key actions or require workarounds. You will need to be sure to learn the identified points listed in our weblog posts as we doc many of those points with every flight.
Construct numbers are greater within the Dev Channel than the Home windows 11 preview builds within the Beta and Launch Preview Channels. You will be unable to modify from the Dev Channel to the Beta or Launch Preview Channels with out doing a clear set up again to the launched model of Home windows 11 presently.
ALSO: As a result of the Dev and Beta Channels signify parallel growth paths from our engineers, there could also be instances the place options and experiences present up within the Beta Channel first.
The desktop watermark you see on the decrease proper nook of your desktop is regular for these pre-release builds.
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Thanks,
Amanda & Brandon
