Windows 10: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 released; here are the changes and fixes it brings

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 to the Dev Channel. The new version brings a few improvements and fixes, based on feedback from users.



What's new


While Windows 11 introduced a new Start Menu design, one feature remained identical to Windows 10's, the Search function. When you started typing something with the Start Menu in focus, the OS would switch slightly to the right, to focus on the Search interface.



Windows 11 Build 22000.65 adds a Search bar to the Start menu.



But it doesn't seem to change the search experience, i.e., clicking the search bar still jumps to the Search UI. This seems like a pointless change to me.



The new build reintroduces the Refresh item in the Desktop's right-click menu, this option was previously available in the Show more options sub-menu.



Another feature that's been brought back is the Troubleshoot Sound Problems menu, which appears when you right-click on the Volume icon in the system Tray.



Users with multiple monitors can enable the Taskbar to be displayed across all screens from Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar Behaviors > Show my Taskbar on All Displays. The Power and Battery page in the Settings app now has Power Mode settings.



Microsoft says that it has added new alert dialog boxes to notify the user when the laptop battery level is low, or when the display settings have been modified. You may open a .PS1 file by right-clicking it in File Explorer, and selecting the Run with PowerShell option. Snap options have been optimized for devices with portrait orientation, and supports snapping three apps instead of four. Users in China can access GIFs from weshineapp.com, these are available from the emoji panel that you can access with the hotkey Win + .

Taskbar Fixes


The Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 includes the KB5004945 emergency update that fixes the PrintNightmare security vulnerabilities. If you read my previous article about the Windows 11 Insider Preview, you may be aware that the Show Desktop button at the edge of the Taskbar didn't work, the latest update fixes this bug.



Speaking of Taskbar related fixes, the update also resolves an issue which prevented the Date And Time to be displayed in the correct format. Task View previews now work correctly. If you jump through open windows using Win + T, you will no longer experience stuck preview thumbnails when hitting the Escape key. Icons on the Taskbar will appear normally when you rotate the device from portrait mode to landscape mode.

Other Fixes

Settings:

• We fixed a noticeable stutter in the animation when closing Quick Settings and Notification Center by clicking on their respective icons in the taskbar.
• We fixed an issue where the Quick Settings and Notification Center windows were missing shadows.
• We fixed an issue where it wasn’t possible to launch Quick Settings by setting keyboard focus to it in the taskbar and pressing the Enter key.
• We fixed an issue where Quick Settings wouldn’t render correctly if you removed all settings except volume.
• We fixed an issue that mitigates Focus Assist enabling unexpectedly.
• We fixed an issue with the animation in the touch keyboard when resizing it in Settings.
• We fixed an issue where Sign-in Options in Settings had an unexpected checkbox under Facial Recognition with no text.
• We fixed an issue where the button to disconnect a work or school account in Account Settings wasn’t working.
• We fixed an issue where Lock screen Settings had a toggle with no text.
• We fixed an issue where the title of the Advanced Options page under Windows Update in Settings could be missing.
• We fixed an issue where the “Windows privacy options” at the bottom of Privacy & Security > Search Permissions in Settings wasn’t working.
• We fixed an issue where the Open Navigation button could become overlapped with other text.
• We fixed an issue causing Settings to crash when applying a theme under Contrasts.
• We fixed an issue where parts of Settings were unexpectedly in English for some non-English languages.

File Explorer:

• We fixed an issue resulting in pinning and unpinning apps from Start not working, the command bar in File Explorer disappearing, and the snap layouts unexpectedly not appearing until rebooting your PC.
• We fixed an issue that could result in the elements of File Explorer’s title bar being unreadable due to low contrast.
• We fixed an issue where some of the icons in File Explorer’s context menu could be blurry.
• We fixed an issue where the “see more” menu in File Explorer’s command bar wouldn’t dismiss when you clicked on Options.
• We fixed an issue that could result in not being able to create a new folder on the desktop.

Search:

• We fixed an issue resulting in Search having grey boxes sometimes instead of app icons.
• We fixed an issue that could result in Search dropping the first keystroke when pressing the Windows key and starting to type.
• We fixed an issue where when hovering your mouse over the Search icon on the taskbar, the third recent search would not load and remained blank.
• We fixed an issue where if you searched for Windows Update, it would open Settings but not navigate to the Windows Update settings page.
• Widgets:
• We fixed an issue where system text scaling was scaling all widgets proportionally and could result in cropped widgets.
• We fixed an issue where when using screen reader/Narrator in widgets it wasn’t properly announcing content sometimes.
• We fixed an issue where resizing the Money widget could result in the bottom half of it not displaying anything.

Other:

• We fixed a memory leak that was noticeable when using one of the C# printing samples.
• We fixed an issue causing an error in safe mode saying 0xc0000005 – Unexpected parameters.
• We fixed two issues that could cause explorer.exe to start crashing in a loop, when the display language was set to Russian or when multiple input methods enabled.
• We fixed an issue where if you minimize a full screen window and later restore it, there was a chance it could result in a bug check with win32kfull.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some WSL users seeing “The parameter is incorrect” when opening Windows Terminal.
• We fixed an issue causing blurry windows in ALT + Tab.
• We fixed an issue resulting in a flicker in the taskbar when Korean IME users used ALT + Tab.
• We fixed an issue impacting reliability of displaying the UI when using WIN + Space to switch input methods.
• We fixed an issue impacting voice typing reliability.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the “New snip in X seconds” options in Snip & Sketch not working.

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Users who have installed the first Build, 22000.51 can update to 22000.65 from the Windows Update. You may read the official announcement at the Windows Insider Blog. The Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 was quite slow to install, which was in contrast with my prior experience with the OS. The update was stuck at 69% for a long time before proceeding. You'll need to reboot the PC to finish installing the update, it took about 2 minutes for the process to complete in my virtual machine. The Taskbar context-menu still only has an option to open the Taskbar settings.

The Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta Channel is expected to start later this month.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build has never updated

I want to add this for anyone in the future that may come across this post.

I followed the advice of @Ramhound and the links he provided in the comments and created a new VM in Azure from the downloaded image of Build 14295, which was the closest available ISO build. I followed all the steps to connect my MS account to the VM for insider preivew. I changed my insider preview settings to Fast track. I even used my MS account to sign into the VM.

I checked the registry settings as suggested by this article and ensured everything there was correct. Even after all this, I still did not receive the 14316 build.

I diligently checked my machine multiple times per day. I manually checked for updates. I restarted the machine several times. I changed my settings to developer mode. Even after following all these steps, I still did not receive the build.

Finally! Today, after a week of waiting, I logged into the VM, and the build was there. I do not believe any of this extra work I did helped....but I did learn some stuff from this, so it was not a complete waste of time. I think I would have received the build if I would have just left my VM as it was and kept waiting.

tldr - From my experience, I think the best advice is to just be patient and wait. If you have waited a significant amount of time (2 weeks), then maybe look into the other solutions.

 

Insider build previews

Because you are running a Windows Insider Preview build, you might be seeing defects or bugs in the build you are using, which is still under development. I suggest you use the Feedback Hub to submit a bug report detailing your problem.

You should only run Windows Insider Builds for testing purposes, not for production.

I recommend you revert to a commercial build such as the recently released Windows 10, 1803 revision.

Go to a working computer, download, create a bootable copy, then perform a clean install.

Step 1: How to download official Windows 10 ISO files

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

Step 2: How to: Perform a clean install of Windows 10

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki...

If there are files on the drive you want to recover, see - How to: Perform a Custom install of Windows 10

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki...

 

Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11

Source: Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11 | Windows Insider Blog

See also: Windows Insider


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