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Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 Experimental build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders the ability to place the taskbar on the top, left, right, or bottom edge of the screen and to enable a smaller taskbar button mode. The change is not just a nostalgic checkbox for...

Windows 11 users in some recent builds, including at least one Insider Beta Channel configuration reported on May 13 and 14, 2026, are seeing the emoji picker’s search box disappear, with the quickest known workaround being a restart of Windows Explorer through Task Manager. The bug is small...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 File Explorer update in Experimental Build 26300.8376 that restores Refresh and Print to the modern right-click menu, changes Details view to show file sizes in KB, MB, or GB, and improves address-bar and context-menu behavior. The change is small in code but...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Dev Channel flight is a quiet but telling reminder that the most important Windows updates are not always the flashiest ones. Build 26300.8170, delivered as KB 5083632, focuses on storage, network accuracy, Secure Boot visibility, and Feedback Hub refinements rather...

Microsoft is quietly changing course on one of the most visible parts of its Windows 11 AI push: the Copilot branding that has been spreading through core inbox apps. In the latest Insider build of Notepad, the Copilot menu is being relabeled as Writing tools, the Copilot icon is being replaced...

Today’s Canary-channel flight from Microsoft delivers a compact but practical update: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1495 (KB 5074168) ships with a handful of fixes, a continuation of recent desktop background improvements (notably .webp wallpaper support), and a single noteworthy known...

Microsoft’s latest Insider release, Windows 11 Build 25115, lands in the Dev Channel with a single visible feature — Suggested Actions — alongside a long list of stability fixes, UI polish, and a handful of known issues that Insiders should weigh before installing. Background Microsoft delivers...