Microsoft has launched the KB5041585 cumulative replace for Home windows 11 23H2, which incorporates many enhancements and modifications, together with the flexibility to immediately drag apps from the Pinned part of the Begin menu and pin them to the taskbar.
This replace was launched as a part of Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Tuesday and is obligatory to put in because it comprises safety updates for quite a lot of vulnerabilities.
To put in as we speak’s Home windows 11 replace, go to Begin > Settings > Home windows Replace and click on ‘Verify for Updates’. You can even manually set up this replace from the Microsoft Replace Catalog.
For those who do not carry out a Verify for Replace, Home windows will mechanically obtain and set up it if you end up not actively utilizing your pc.
Microsoft can also be warning that Home windows 11 22H2 will attain finish of service on October 8, 2024, and that customers ought to improve to 23H2 earlier than then to maintain receiving safety updates.
What’s new within the Home windows 11 KB5041585 replace
Putting in the KB5041585 replace will change the Home windows 11 22H2 construct quantity to 22621.4037 and the Home windows 11 model 23H2 to 22631.4037.
It consists of a number of enhancements, together with a brand new characteristic that means that you can duplicate a tab in File Explorer by right-clicking it.
Here is the entire checklist of modifications, however do not forget that a number of the enhancements and fixes are regularly rolling out:
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[FIX: BitLocker (known issue)] A BitLocker restoration display exhibits while you begin up your system. This happens after you put in the July 9, 2024, replace. This difficulty is extra prone to happen if system encryption is on. Go to Settings > Privateness & Safety > Machine encryption. To unlock your drive, Home windows would possibly ask you to enter the restoration key out of your Microsoft account.
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[Lock screen] This replace addresses CVE-2024-38143. Due to this, the “Use my windows user account” verify field shouldn’t be obtainable on the lock display to connect with Wi-Fi.
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[NetJoinLegacyAccountReuse] This replace removes this registry key. For extra info discuss with KB5020276—Netjoin: Area be a part of hardening modifications.
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[Secure Boot Advanced Targeting (SBAT) and Linux Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)] This replace applies SBAT to programs that run Home windows. This stops weak Linux EFI (Shim bootloaders) from operating. This SBAT replace won’t apply to programs that dual-boot Home windows and Linux. After the SBAT replace is utilized, older Linux ISO photos may not boot. If this happens, work together with your Linux vendor to get an up to date ISO picture.
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[Notification for Windows Share in China] New! For close by sharing to work, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth should be on. If they’re off while you activate close by sharing, Home windows will ask you to permit them to be turned on.
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[Start menu] New! You may drag apps from the Pinned part of the menu and pin them to the taskbar.
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[Taskbar]
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New! When the taskbar has keyboard focus (WIN + T), you may press a letter, and you’ll go to the app whose title begins with that letter. If you press a letter greater than as soon as, you’ll go to the subsequent app whose title begins with that letter. Urgent a letter greater than as soon as solely works if there are a number of pinned or open apps whose title begins with that letter. In case you are utilizing an uncombined taskbar, while you press a letter, you go to the window whose title begins with that letter. Additionally, while you press House and Finish, the keyboard focus modifications to the primary and final gadgets within the taskbar.
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The Finish process choice now not exhibits a not responding dialog earlier than it stops a process. This selection is barely obtainable while you activate Finish process in Settings > System > For Builders.
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[File Explorer]
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New! If you right-click a tab, you will have the selection to duplicate it.
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A reminiscence leak happens while you work together with archive folders.
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File Explorer stops responding while you browse inside it.
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If you search from House for the primary time, you may not get any outcomes.
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The deal with bar dropdown menu would possibly seem when you don’t anticipate it.
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If you use the Save dialog to avoid wasting a file to Gallery, an error happens. Due to this replace, your file saves to the Footage library as an alternative.
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The search field doesn’t present the proper folder title if you end up in Gallery.
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A clean space exhibits on the prime of File Explorer.
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The again and ahead mouse buttons don’t work while you hover over the Really useful Recordsdata part of House.
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Pictures flash while you view them within the Gallery.
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[Desktop icons] Spacing between them would possibly turn out to be very broad.
As for identified points, Microsoft says it is not conscious of any identified points, having mounted an impressive downside the place Home windows stored booting into the BitLocker restoration surroundings.
You could find the complete changelog for the KB5041585 replace on Microsoft’s assist web site.
