14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released a new pair of testing builds to users enrolled in the Beta program of the Windows Insider program.
But as compared to the previous releases, the new builds come with pretty important changes, including a search box in Task Manager and improved efficiency mode for the running processes.
First and foremost, here are the two builds that are available today:
- Build 22623.891= New features rolling out.
- Build 22621.891 = New features off by default.
There are obviously lots of important fixes, including for the explorer.exe crashes that affect the taskbar performance on Windows 11.
The following fixes are aimed at the taskbar and the system tray:
- When using the bottom right edge gesture to see Quick Settings, the taskbar should no longer get stuck in the expanded state (instead of dismissing to collapsed state).
- Fixed an issue causing the do not disturb icon to disappear while in do not disturb mode.
- The new show hidden icons flyout’s animation should now be consistent with other taskbar flyouts.
- The show hidden icons flyout background color should now align with your accent color if “Show accent color on Start and taskbar” is enabled in Settings > Personalization > Colors.
- Fixed multiple explorer.exe crashes impacting taskbar performance.
Worth knowing, however, is the new builds also come with plenty of new known issues, including one hitting Task Manager. Microsoft says that in some cases, using Task Manager is pretty difficult because of the way it displays the available information, as the app fails to properly display light and dark modes.
“There’s an issue we’re investigating where Task Manager isn’t displaying light and dark content correctly, leading to unreadable text. This happens when you have your mode in Settings > Personalization > Colors set to Custom – as a workaround for the time being, please switch it to Light or Dark,” Microsoft says.