A new preview build is live for devices out there

Oct 15, 2021 06:20 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 preview build to users in the Dev channel, and naturally, the Start menu and the taskbar, both massively overhauled in this operating system, getting their very own set of improvements.

Windows 11 build 22478 therefore includes a fix for the Start menu that prevents the keyboard focus from no longer getting lost if you press ESC after opening the user profile flyout.

At the same time, Microsoft says it has updated the prompt text when pinning UWP app content to Start, with the new message just reading “Do you want to pin this to Start?”.

As far as the taskbar is concerned, the software giant says it has finally addressed the bug that caused a crash of explorer.exe when left and right-clicking the taskbar at the same time.

Furthermore, Microsoft says it has resolved the issues with the Notification Center that caused this feature to freeze and then to stop launching completely.

Known issues affected the Start menu and the taskbar

There are more fixes for the taskbar in this preview build.

“The plus icon for adding a new Desktop will now display properly when hovering over the Task View icon in the Taskbar when using Arabic and Hebrew languages. After bringing up an app’s jump list from the Taskbar, right clicking on the app name should now show the correct icon for Pin to Start (a pin icon),” Microsoft says.

The bad news is both the taskbar and the Start menu come with more known issues, so for example, some users might be unable to enter text when using search. At the same time, the taskbar could end up exhibiting a flickering effect when switching input methods, while the tooltips could end up in a totally unexpected location after hovering the taskbar corner.