Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4945 (KB5052084) to Windows Insiders in the beta channel. The update encompasses various enhancements and corrections aimed at refining the overall experience for Insiders. The Desktop Spotlight icon has been enhanced to facilitate better discoverability. The enhancements to File Explorer have resulted in improved performance and reliability. The issues related to the command bar, file selection, and the see more menu have been resolved. The input issues have been addressed, and the touch keyboard issues have been rectified. The issues related to the lock screen have been addressed, enabling password resets directly from the login screen.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4945 (Beta Channel)
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4945 (KB5052084) to the Beta Channel.
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[General]
- This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.
[Spotlight on the desktop]
- We’re beginning to roll out some additional changes to the Desktop Spotlight icon for Windows Insiders to help with discoverability including changes to the icon color/backplate and moving the icon to the bottom right position on your desktop.
Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*
[File Explorer]
- Did some more work to improve the performance of extracting zipped files in File Explorer, particularly when you’re unzipping a large number of small files.
- Fixed a few issues impacting File Explorer reliability for Insiders.
- Fixed an issue where opening File Explorer from the command line may result in the address bar being empty and not displaying the current path.
- Fixed an issue where you couldn’t select multiple files in the Recommended section of Home by holding Shift and clicking the files
- Fixed an issue causing the see more “…” menu in the command bar to open in the wrong direction for some resolutions.
[Input]
- Fixed an issue which could cause explorer.exe to crash when opening the input flyout sometimes.
- Fixed an issue where when using the touch keyboard on the login screen to sign in to your PC, you may unexpectedly see two touch keyboards launch.
[Lock screen]
- Fixed an issue in recent flights where if you tried to reset your password from the login screen, it wouldn’t work due to an underlying crash.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4945 (Beta Channel)
