Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 26300.8493 to the Experimental channel on May 15, 2026, restoring official taskbar placement options, adding a smaller taskbar mode, expanding Fluid Dictation to Spanish and French, and polishing several Windows shell behaviors. The build is not a...
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Microsoft is testing early code for a Windows 10-style smaller Windows 11 taskbar in preview build 26300.8346, restoring a customization path it removed when Windows 11 launched in 2021. The feature is unfinished and hidden, but its appearance matters because the taskbar has become the symbol of...
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