Announcement of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5661 (Dev channel)

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5661

Windows Insider Program 11

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 preview build 26200.5661 (KB5060838) for Windows Insiders on the Dev channel.

Copilot+ PC Features

Recall Homepage

Microsoft introduced a personalized homepage for the Recall feature, enabling users to quickly access important apps and websites. This dashboard displays:

  • Recent snapshots: Latest Recall captures to resume interrupted tasks
  • Top apps/sites: Your three most-used applications and websites from the past 24 hours

Users can configure Recall's capture settings in Settings > Privacy & security > Recall. Details available on Microsoft's support page.

Recall homepage interface

A new navigation panel (left-side) provides quick access to Recall's core functions: Home, Timeline, Feedback, and Settings.

For Insiders with "Get the latest updates" enabled

New Features

Hardware Indicator Positioning

Users can now reposition brightness/volume/airplane mode/virtual desktop indicators to:

  • Top-left corner
  • Top-center
  • Bottom-center (default)
Top-center indicator position Top-left indicator position

Configure in Settings > System > Notifications under "Popup indicator position."

Indicator position settings

Changes and Improvements

  • Start Menu:
    • Configure Start Pins policy now includes "First login only" option via Group Policy or CSP.
  • File Explorer:
    • Reintroduced AI actions (previously seen in build 26200.5603) after temporary removal.
  • Settings:
    • Added original setup region information in Settings > Time & language > Language & region.

Fixes

  • General:
    • Fixed text input issues in Search, Chinese Pinyin IME, clipboard history, and emoji panel.
  • Taskbar:
    • Resolved explorer.exe crashes for Italian language users.
  • File Explorer:
    • Fixed Home view displaying only one folder (e.g., Desktop)
    • Improved performance when navigating SharePoint-synced locations
  • Settings:
    • Corrected update history sorting in Settings > Windows Update > Update history > Uninstall updates

For All Users

Fixes

  • General:
    • Restored Windows 11 startup sound (replacing accidental Vista sound)
    • Fixed "Reset this PC" functionality in Settings > System > Recovery
    • Resolved "UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR" errors on KVM virtual machines
    • Addressed recurring GSOD (KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE) for some Dev channel users

Known Issues

  • General:
    • [Note] Dev channel requires two-step update (Build 26200.5641 first)
    • System reset may revert build number to 26100 (doesn't affect future updates)
    • Some installations may fail with error 0×80070005 and roll back
  • Start Menu:
    • Touch navigation limitations (swipe-up unsupported)
    • Restricted drag-and-drop from "All apps" to "Pinned"
    • Occasional duplicate folder items
  • Xbox Controllers:
    • Bluetooth connections may cause GSOD - uninstall oemXXX.inf (XboxGameControllerDriver.inf) via Device Manager
  • Click to Do:
    • Initial text actions may lag on AMD/Intel Copilot+ PCs
  • File Explorer AI:
    • Narrator scan mode issues with Microsoft 365 document summaries (use Caps Lock + to navigate)
  • Widgets:
    • Pinning reverts to legacy Widgets panel temporarily

Happy updating!

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