Microsoft rolls out a brand new replace for Home windows 11 customers. Insiders on the Dev Channel are getting the replace Home windows 11 Preview 25262.1000. Though the most recent model doesn’t embrace any new options, it fixes an annoying bug within the search bar and provides widgets related to the login requirement.
Quite a few bug fixes are additionally included on this model. Learn on for an in depth checklist of tweaks and enhancements made in Home windows 11 Dev Preview Construct 25262.

What’s new and improved in Home windows 11 construct 25262?
[Widgets]
- In the latest Widgets replace, we eliminated the login requirement for the widget panel and made it accessible to all customers. Now, now you will get climate updates in your taskbar, pin widgets out of your favourite apps, or entry customized stay fonts with out an account.
[Settings]
- Added a hyperlink to Fast Assist on the backside of Settings > System > Troubleshoot, that will help you in case you’re having issues together with your PC.
Fastened points in Home windows 11 construct 25262
[General]
- Fastened a difficulty the place if the Widgets app package deal was lacking in your PC, explorer.exe would fail in a loop after updating to construct 25252. This challenge can also be believed to be the reason for Home windows Sandbox not working on this construct.
- Fastened a difficulty that brought about secondary drives or different PCI units to not be seen to sure Insiders.
[Taskbar & System Tray]
- Fastened a difficulty the place with system tray structure updates, auto-hide the taskbar would cease working after you’ve got interacted with hidden floating icons.
- Fastened a difficulty that brought about a niche between full display screen home windows and the taskbar on secondary displays.
- The system tray space ought to not transfer because the numbers on the clock change.
- Fastened a difficulty that brought about the highest half of the media controls in Fast Settings to typically be lacking.
[Search on the Taskbar]
- We mounted a difficulty the place you wanted to press backspace after typing earlier than seeing output for sure information ending in .cmd, .exe, or .bat.
- Improved the efficiency of launching the search window in sure instances.
The fixes solely apply to Home windows Insiders who obtained one of many totally different therapies for the way search seems to be on the taskbar that began rolling out to Insiders with Construct 25252:
- Fastened a difficulty the place the search field wouldn’t seem on a number of displays as anticipated when clicking on any of them.
- Fastened a difficulty when clicking the search field on the taskbar would trigger the search field to flicker momentarily earlier than the Search dropdown was displayed.
[Input]
- Fastened a difficulty the place dragging a window onto a decrease DPI monitor would trigger the mouse to seem to leap away from the window it was holding.
[File Explorer]
- Fastened a difficulty that brought about explorer.exe to crash when opening sure objects within the Latest part in File Explorer.
[Settings]
- The Wi-Fi part of Fast Settings ought to not unexpectedly say the placement of the community on sure entries.
[Task Manager]
- Fastened a difficulty the place the graphs on the efficiency web page in Job Supervisor may not replace (though the real-time replace price setting didn’t cease).
[Other]
- The Microsoft account sign-in window ought to not unexpectedly show a black title bar when utilizing mild mode.
- Adjusted the textual content when utilizing the wi-fi show function if you have not already enabled enter, so it guides you to the best place to take action.
NOTE: Some fixes listed right here in Dev Channel Insider Preview builds could make it to service updates for the launched model of Home windows 11.
Identified points in Home windows 11 construct 25262
[General]
- Based mostly on incoming suggestions charges with the most recent updates, we’re eradicating audio points from the identified points checklist. We are going to proceed to watch feedback on this area. When you’re having bother, observe these steps to supply actionable suggestions for audio points.
- We’re investigating crash reviews with just a few totally different apps and video games on latest builds.
- We’re engaged on a repair for a difficulty that causes numerous UI components in apps to typically disappear and reappear in latest builds.
- You will have bother streaming (with WIN + Okay) on this construct. We’re engaged on an answer.
[Taskbar & System Tray]
- The taskbar is typically cropped in half when utilizing the tablet-optimized taskbar. You may additionally see this drawback on secondary displays.
- We’re engaged on fixing a difficulty that causes the Bluetooth part of Fast Settings to hold for some folks. If you’re affected, use Settings > Bluetooth & units for now.
[Search on the Taskbar]
The next identified points solely apply to Home windows Insiders who’ve obtained one of many totally different therapies for the way search seems to be on the taskbar as talked about earlier on this weblog publish:
- [NEW] You may even see points with the search field on the taskbar not rendering appropriately and displaying visible artifacts.
- If you change your main monitor, for instance by connecting an exterior show, you will see a search field that seems to be floating in your desktop. You possibly can repair this drawback by going to Personalization > Taskbar > Search and toggling the settings.
- In languages that show from proper to left, comparable to Arabic, there are structure points with the textual content within the search field on the taskbar.
- Some Japanese IME candidates are clipped contained in the search field on the taskbar.
[Task Manager]
- Filtering by writer identify doesn’t match appropriately on the Processes web page.
- Some companies could not show on the Companies web page after filtering is utilized.
- If a brand new course of is began whereas a filter is being set, that course of could seem for a fraction of a second within the filtered checklist.
- Some dialogs could not show with the proper theme when utilized from the Settings web page of Job Supervisor.
- The info content material space of the Processes web page could flash as soon as when theme modifications are utilized within the Settings web page of Job Supervisor.
- There is a matter we’re investigating the place Job Supervisor will not be displaying mild and darkish content material appropriately, leading to garbled textual content. This occurs when you will have your mode in Settings > Personalization > Colours set to Customized; as a workaround for now, change it to Gentle or Darkish.
- The Starter Apps web page in Job Supervisor would not present any apps for some Insiders. If you’re affected, use Settings > Apps > Residence for now.
[Widgets]
- [NEW] We’re investigating a difficulty the place the widget dashboard is left open in an invisible state to Insiders in China (and probably others), inflicting clicks on the left facet of the display screen to not work. When you encounter this, urgent WIN + D could resolve the problem.
- In languages that show from proper to left, comparable to Arabic, the content material is hidden out of view earlier than the widget board resizes once you click on the expanded view of the widget board.
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Windows 11 Build 25262 adds the following improvements