Insider KB5089573 Windows 11 Insider Release Preview build 26100.8521 (24H2) and 26200.8521 (25H2) - May 19


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KB5095093 Windows 11 Insider Release Preview build 26100.8728 (24H2) and 26200.8728 (25H2) - June 12

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Updated: 19 May 2026 - Updated build numbers, fixing a few issues impacting Insiders in Release Preview after the previous flight, including:
  • Fixed an issue resulting in the audio volume being unexpectedly muted on certain devices
  • Fixed a Windows Push Notification service (WPN) hang, which could lead to some apps not launching and notifications not working.
These release notes are for Windows 11 Builds 26100.8514 and 26200.8514 26100.8521/26200.8521 (KB5089573) in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, versions 24H2 (Build 26100) and 25H2 (Build 26200).

This update is available through two release phases: gradual rollout and normal rollout. A gradual rollout delivers an update in phases, so features reach devices over time instead of all at once, meaning availability varies by device. A normal rollout is the broad release to all eligible devices at the same time, usually when it reaches general availability (GA).

Gradual rollout​

Windows 11 PC experiences

This section highlights some new features and enhancements for Windows 11 PCs, including AI-powered capabilities, continuous innovation, and performance improvements.
  • [Shared audio] New! Shared audio enables two people to listen to the same audio from a single Windows 11 PC at the same time. It uses Bluetooth® LE Audio broadcast technology to make sharing easy. For example, you can watch a movie while traveling or listen to music while studying together. To start sharing audio, open Quick settings from the taskbar, select Shared audio, choose two supported, paired, and connected devices, and then select Start sharing. To learn more about Shared audio, see Extending Bluetooth® LE Audio on Windows 11 with shared audio.

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  • [Magnifier in Windows]
    • New! Magnifier now provides clearer and more consistent announcements when working with a screen reader. You’ll hear helpful announcements when you zoom in or out, switch views, turn color inversion on or off, or turn Magnifier on or off. This makes it easy to stay oriented while you work.
    • New! Magnifier now supports magnification of permitted protected content.
    • This update improves smoothness when moving Magnifier in lens mode.

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  • [Task Manager]
    • New! Task Manager now offers improved visibility into NPU usage on PCs with an NPU. New optional NPU and NPU Engine columns are available on the Processes, Users, and Details pages, along with NPU Dedicated Memory and NPU Shared Memory optional columns on the Details page. Neural engines that are part of a GPU now appear on the Performance page, providing a more complete view of AI‑related activity.

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      This tutorial will show you how to see NPU usage details in Windows 11. A NPU (Neural Processing Unit), or AI processor, is a specialized accelerator that handles artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tasks right on your PC instead of sending data to be processed in the cloud...
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    • A new optional Isolation column on the Processes and Details pages shows which apps are running in an AppContainer. You can add any of the new columns by right‑clicking a column header in Task Manager and selecting them from the menu.

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      Add or Remove Columns in Task Manager in Windows 11

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    • This update improves CPU speed display on the Performance page of Task Manager for VMs, so it doesn’t show higher than unexpected numbers after resuming from hibernate.
  • [Camera] New! Windows 11’s Multi-App Camera feature allows multiple applications to access your camera stream at the same time. Basic Camera mode in Windows 11 enables simplified camera functionality, useful for troubleshooting or improving stability when your camera is not working correctly. Enterprise admin can now set Multi-App Camera mode or Basic Camera mode through Group Policy, under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Camera > Configure Camera Options.

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    This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off allowing multiple apps to use camera at the same time for your account or all users in Windows 11. Starting with build 26100.8524 (24H2), build 26200.8524 (25H2), and build 28000.2333 (RP 26H1), Microsoft added a new Advanced camera options...
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    Enable or Disable Basic Camera Mode in Windows 11

    This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off camera basic mode for your account or all users in Windows 11. Starting with build 26100.8524 (24H2), build 26200.8524 (25H2), and build 28000.2333 (RP 26H1), Microsoft added a new Advanced camera options section on the Cameras page in Settings...
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  • [General Performance] This update accelerates app launch and core shell experiences such as Start menu, Search, and Action Center.
  • [Windows Hello]
    • This update optimizes the WinBio service to help reduce latency when resuming after Modern Standby.
    • This update reduces Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security authentication unexpected blocks by resolving missing secure enrollment metadata.
  • [Storage]
    • The dialog is updated when creating a Dev Drive to now support specifying the size in GB instead of only MB. This has also been added when changing the size of volumes under Settings > System > Storage.
    • Updated Settings > System > Storage, so rather than seeing a UAC prompt immediately when you go to the page, you’ll only see it when going to view temporary files.
  • [Personalization] This update improves:
    • Color selection accuracy when adjusting your accent color to match your wallpaper when the automatic accent color selection is enabled in Personalization settings.
    • Wallpaper persistence reliability across restarts and upgrades, including better support for large‑resolution wallpapers and other scenarios to prevent solid color wallpaper fallback.
  • [USB]
    • This update improves reliability for displays attached to USB4 docks and hubs. These displays now light up more consistently, particularly when coming out of standby.
    • The USB3 stack is updated to have additional resiliency and recovery measures in place against certain unexpected hardware faults and conditions. Users will experience higher reliability with USB devices.
  • [Sensors] This update Improves resiliency against apps that could keep the sensor hub powered on and drain power, impacting battery life.
  • [HID Devices] This update improves battery life related to the HID / Input stack for failed HID devices. Power hygiene is also improved against applications that may initiate HID transfers during standby.
  • [Input]The update improves:
    • Reliability of invoking the touch keyboard on the login screen, when inputting your password to sign in, or changing your password.
    • Reliability of explorer.exe when closing the input switcher.
    • Performance of invoking or navigating to clipboard history.
  • [Fonts] The Times New Roman font family is updated to improve the rendering of combining diacritical marks across Greek and Cyrillic scripts. This update provides more accurate and visually consistent text by addressing mark positioning issues. As a result, readability is improved, rendering inconsistencies are reduced, and support for global language users working with Greek and Cyrillic text is strengthened.
  • [Task Scheduler] Task Scheduler will now persist column width adjustments in task list view across sessions.
  • [Desktop icons] This update improves reliability of loading desktop app icon shortcuts.
  • [Microsoft Store]
    • This update includes underlying changes to improve download performance and bandwidth usage
    • This update improves error reporting when downloads fail because of Windows Update group policy being enabled.
  • [Reliability] This update improves Windows reliability on the sign-in and lock screens, in File Explorer, when using touch gestures on touchscreen devices, and when changing themes in Settings.
  • Updated: 5/19/2026 [Windows Hello] This update improves sign-in behavior on the lock and login screens. If you have Windows Hello face or fingerprint set up but need to fallback to use a PIN instead, face or fingerprint is now the default sign-in method every time you sign in — even if you last used a different method. If you choose to use a Windows Hello PIN three times in a row, we will stay with PIN until you switch to another sign-in method.

Normal rollout​

This non-security update includes quality improvements. The following summary outlines key issues addressed by the KB update after you install it. Also, included are available new features. The bold text within the brackets indicates the item or area of the change.
  • [Secure Boot] With this update, Windows quality updates include additional high confidence device targeting data, increasing coverage of devices eligible to automatically receive new Secure Boot certificates. Devices receive the new certificates only after demonstrating sufficient successful update signals, maintaining a controlled and phased rollout.


 Source:

learn.microsoft.com

Release Preview Build 26100.8521/26200.8521 - Windows Insider Program

release notes for release preview build 26100.8521/26200.8521
learn.microsoft.com
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Announcing new Release Preview builds for 14 May 2026

[19 May 2026: Updated build numbers for new releases containing bug fixes - see release notes for details] Hello Windows Insiders, Today we're releasing new builds for Release Preview across our supported versions of Windows 11. Please see the bu
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When you use MCT to make the USB drive (not saving to ISO file), it has to decide which boot file (CA 2011 or CA 2023) to copy. Rufus has the same feature to ask you which boot version to use.

The question would be: is MCT's auto-detection broken for some reason? Unlike Rufus, there is no check box selection to pick the boot file. You can't say change it because the target system is different from the running host.
 

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garlin said:
When you use MCT to make the USB drive (not saving to ISO file), it has to decide which boot file (CA 2011 or CA 2023) to copy. Rufus has the same feature to ask you which boot version to use.

The question would be: is MCT's auto-detection broken for some reason? Unlike Rufus, there is no check box selection to pick the boot file. You can't say change it because the target system is different from the running host.
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I create the ISO with MCT.
Then I build my USB media, splitting the install.esd into install.swm and install2.swm. After that I use ADK to convert the ISO for PCA 2023 and then copy it to USB. I used the same process with Build 26200.8246 and that is working fine.
The MCT 26200.8457 is the one that is adding a new bug, it even fails with Secure boot disabled. When I click on "Repair my PC" instead of loading the menu it just reboots to the normal Windows 11 installed.
Definitely a new bug with MCT.

Anyway, I tried both ways, created USB directly with MCT and created ISO with MCT and then built the USB as I always do.
 
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i just wish it had not reset the new start menu and drag tray . i dont want to use vive tool . does anyone have thoughts on why with every update you loose them . btw its not because its a unsupported machine ,
 

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FIREMEDIC2700 said:
i just wish it had not reset the new start menu and drag tray . i dont want to use vive tool . does anyone have thoughts on why with every update you loose them . btw its not because its a unsupported machine ,
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Microsoft is really messy with these silly CFRs. 🤬🤷‍♂️
 

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Regrettably BT LE Audio is not available on many pcs/laptops unless a relatively new model.

However you can attach an auracast trasmitter vis usb cable. Not sure if is worth it though as there are limited auracast head phones, speakers or ear buds.

You can buy auracast receivers and plug in corded headphones (a conventional bluetooth transmitters but that is a rather Heat Robinson solution).

Auracast is in a sort of catch 22.

Not enough devices have it so little demand. So little demand nobody develops devices.
 

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OK, I seem to be the only one that has an issue with this update. Login takes 25 seconds compared to 4 seconds on 8328. Win menu doesn't react for a full minute and sometimes doesn't show up. I tried MSU also with the same results.

I must say that I am at a loss on this one. :think::eyeroll:
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Found it. Windhawk. This latest update breaks the startmenu.dll. You have to restore default desktop and disable Windhawk. Unfortunately my latest version would not restore default start menu hence the long login and busted start.

All is well. I just went a little further back and was able to restore default Start menu. Updated to latest version. Now let's live dangerously and enable Windhawk :zany:
 

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Love fast boots
Installed, no defects.
 

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Downloaded and installed on two computers. Installing now on other 2 computers.
 

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Everything's good (installed on my laptop, not my desktop yet)
 

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26200.8514 downloading and installing.

Well, the change to the new WU options finally found me in the beta channel yesterday, and although I wasn't sure it would work--it actually worked perfectly and allowed me to painlessly move from the Beta channel to the Release Preview channel--where I wanted to be! Fantastic Microsoft--thanks a million. I now understand why they moved me over (involuntarily) to the Beta channel from the old Release Preview channel--they did it so that I could get on the new RP channel if desired when it was released! Great stuff, Microsoft...;)

If you switch channels, however, as an upgrade without doing a clean install, as I was able to do, then be prepared for an install time of up to 90 minutes or more if you do! That will be the best 90 minutes you can spend here, compared with installing all of your programs from scratch inside a clean install! So I'm back in the RP Channel again!
 

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Win11 Experimental Channel for 26H2 buildsAMD R7 7800X3DGSkill 2x16GB @ 6400MT/sXFX 9070 XT SWIFT tri-fan (PCIe5.0)
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PC/Desktop
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a cherry-picked assembly
CPU
AMD R7 7800X3D
Motherboard
MSI x870 Tomahawk Wi-Fi, 8-layer, 2 oz copper, server PCB
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XFX 9070 XT SWIFT tri-fan (PCIe5.0)
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Creative Labs G8 USB External Sound device, Gaming DAC, Sound Card & Earphone AMP.. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, btw. Totally changed my opinion of external USB sound. I like!...;)
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Philips 42" OLED @ 4k
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*ST4000DM004 S3 4TB HDD
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Lian Li Lancool 217, white, with wood trim, very nice looking--tired of black, 5-fans standard
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Air coutesy Lian Li
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Cherry MX 2.0S RGB
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Razer Basilisk V3 24k DPI
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~950Mbps down and up!
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Defender
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Great New system. Exceeds my expectations by quite a bit, btw. I love the USB G8 SoundBlaster, it's quite an improvement over the G6!
waltc said:
26200.8514 downloading and installing.

Well, the change to the new WU options finally found me in the beta channel yesterday, and although I wasn't sure it would work--it actually worked perfectly and allowed me to painlessly move from the Beta channel to the Release Preview channel--where I wanted to be! Fantastic Microsoft--thanks a million. I now understand why they moved me over (involuntarily) to the Beta channel from the old Release Preview channel--they did it so that I could get on the new RP channel if desired when it was released! Great stuff, Microsoft...;)

If you switch channels, however, as an upgrade without doing a clean install, as I was able to do, then be prepared for an install time of up to 90 minutes or more if you do! That will be the best 90 minutes you can spend here, compared with installing all of your programs from scratch inside a clean install! So I'm back in the RP Channel again!
Click to expand...
I'm actually considering switching one of my RP build machines to Beta now that I will have the option to switch back to RP lol.

Screenshot 2026-05-16 133719.webp
 

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    Windows 11 25H2
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware 18 Area-51
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    Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX (24-Core)
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    Alienware
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    64GB DDR5 6400MT/s
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    2560 x 1600
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    2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 5 SSD
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    Magnesium Alloy
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    Advanced Cryo-Tech Quad-Fan Cooling system & large vapor chamber
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    Cherry MX ultra low profile mechanical keyboard with per key AlienFX RGB lighting
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    Logitech MX Master 4
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    Vivaldi (main), Firefox, Chrome, Edge
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    MS Defender and Malwarebytes Free

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    Windows 11 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
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    Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (12 Core) ARM based CPU
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    Microsoft Corp.
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    16GB LPDDR5
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    Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
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    Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound
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    120 Hz 13.8-inch 600 nit PixelSense Flow touchscreen
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    2304x1536
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    1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD
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    Anodized Aluminum
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    Traditional active cooling fan system
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    Mechanical QWERTY, backlit when in use
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    Logitech MX Master 4 and Surface Arc Mouse
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    Vivaldi (main), Firefox, Chrome, Edge
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    MS Defender and Malwarebytes Free
Start menu and search don't work on this build if you're using the Vivetool command to disable the most recent fckass start that looks horrendous and takes up most of the screen. If you disable the Vivetool command and bring it back, it works, but this is unusably bad, so I'm skipping future updates until Microsoft rolls out those planned changes for modifying its size.

I don't know who ever greenlit this start menu and why the old one no longer works.
 

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OS
Windows 11
Computer type
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CPU
Ryzen 7800x3D
Motherboard
Asrock B650M-HDV/M.2
Memory
G.SKILL 32GB Ripjaws S5 DDR5 6000MHz CL30
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RTX 4080
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LG C1 48
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3840x2160
Hi all, for those having issue with wait period after login (which I never really had put do now), I disabled Appreadiness and got instant desktop after login.
I did not do an extensive search on the affects of turning it off but I haven't seen any issues so far. Some aid WU would not work but it does. So that's my latest comment. :cool:
 

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Windows 11 Education
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CPU
Intel® Core™ i9-13900K Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E)
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Asus TUF Gaming Z790-PLUS WIFI D4
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Corsair AXi Series AX860i Digital 860W 80 PLUS PSU
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Fractal Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
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Logi MX Keys
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Logi M705
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400 mbs
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Firefox
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Eset NOD32
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Love fast boots
26200.8514: the start menu cannot be opened，I'm not sure if this is an issue with Wind Eagle, but even after turning off Wind Eagle updates, I still can't open the start menu. Could it be that I'm using an older version of the start menu? Or do I have to use the latest version of the start menu? Anyway, I hope someone can help me understand what exactly is causing the start menu to not open.
 

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WIN11
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WIN11
Computer type
Laptop
zhuiyi121 said:
26200.8514: the start menu cannot be opened，I'm not sure if this is an issue with Wind Eagle, but even after turning off Wind Eagle updates, I still can't open the start menu. Could it be that I'm using an older version of the start menu? Or do I have to use the latest version of the start menu? Anyway, I hope someone can help me understand what exactly is causing the start menu to not open.
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We'll need more details from you. Did you override the new start menu with vivetool to keep the old one? I assume your referring to "Windhawk" and using the Start Menu Styler? I'm using it without issue with the new Start Menu. I just use it for transparency effect though. I have a feeling the old Start menu is being disabled and won't be usable for much longer. I'd switch back to the new one just to test if that is the issue and it works on the new menu. Also does it open from the keyboard hitting the Win key?
 

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    OS
    Windows 11 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware 18 Area-51
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX (24-Core)
    Motherboard
    Alienware
    Memory
    64GB DDR5 6400MT/s
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and Intel UHD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Onboard, Realtek high-performance Audio chips (ALC3329 & ALC1708))
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    300HZ 18-inch QHD 500 nit Comfort View+
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 5 SSD
    Case
    Magnesium Alloy
    Cooling
    Advanced Cryo-Tech Quad-Fan Cooling system & large vapor chamber
    Keyboard
    Cherry MX ultra low profile mechanical keyboard with per key AlienFX RGB lighting
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 4
    Browser
    Vivaldi (main), Firefox, Chrome, Edge
    Antivirus
    MS Defender and Malwarebytes Free

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    Windows 11 25H2Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (12 Core) ARM bas...16GB LPDDR5Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
    Operating System
    Windows 11 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
    CPU
    Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (12 Core) ARM based CPU
    Motherboard
    Microsoft Corp.
    Memory
    16GB LPDDR5
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    Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
    Sound Card
    Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound
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    120 Hz 13.8-inch 600 nit PixelSense Flow touchscreen
    Screen Resolution
    2304x1536
    Hard Drives
    1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD
    Case
    Anodized Aluminum
    Cooling
    Traditional active cooling fan system
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    Mechanical QWERTY, backlit when in use
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    Logitech MX Master 4 and Surface Arc Mouse
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    Vivaldi (main), Firefox, Chrome, Edge
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    MS Defender and Malwarebytes Free
Installed on my desktop. SFC detected some errors but fixed those. DISM store was repairable, successfully repaired it.
Nothing unusual to notice though.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro 25H2
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    Multi
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    Intel i9-9900k
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    Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master
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    Samsung LC32HGQ 144Hz
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    Mozilla Firefox
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    Windows Defender
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    Lenovo LOQ 15AHP10
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    AMD Ryzen 7 250
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    BIOS version R8CN25WW
zhuiyi121 said:
26200.8514: the start menu cannot be opened，I'm not sure if this is an issue with Wind Eagle, but even after turning off Wind Eagle updates, I still can't open the start menu. Could it be that I'm using an older version of the start menu? Or do I have to use the latest version of the start menu? Anyway, I hope someone can help me understand what exactly is causing the start menu to not open.
Click to expand...
Try this command in powershell/terminal (admin)

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost | Reset-AppxPackage

Reboot and see if that corrected it.
 

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Windows 11 25H2AMD 9950X3d264GB Corsair vengeance DDR5 (6000 MHz) CL30AMD 9070XT
OS
Windows 11 25H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
N/A
CPU
AMD 9950X3d2
Motherboard
Asus x870E Extreme
Memory
64GB Corsair vengeance DDR5 (6000 MHz) CL30
Graphics Card(s)
AMD 9070XT
Sound Card
Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
N/A
Screen Resolution
1440p
PSU
Thermaltake 1200w
Case
Asus View 71 TG RGB
Cooling
Custom Cooling loop With an Alphacool 13339 VPP Apex Pump and EK Quantum surface radiator
Internet Speed
Xfinity 2300 mbps
Antivirus
Norton
FrancoDT said:
We'll need more details from you. Did you override the new start menu with vivetool to keep the old one? I assume your referring to "Windhawk" and using the Start Menu Styler? I'm using it without issue with the new Start Menu. I just use it for transparency effect though. I have a feeling the old Start menu is being disabled and won't be usable for much longer. I'd switch back to the new one just to test if that is the issue and it works on the new menu. Also does it open from the keyboard hitting the Win key?
Click to expand...
Yes, I retained the old WIN11 start menu and used Windhawk. After updating, I couldn't open the start menu, so I restored the system and disabled Windhawk. However, I was still using the old WIN11 start menu, and after updating, I still couldn't open the start menu.
 

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WIN11
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