Insider KB5124036 Windows 11 Insider Beta (25H2) build 26220.9202 - Aug. 17

Windows 11 Insider Beta (25H2) build 26220.9223 - Aug. 21

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Changes and improvements​

[File Explorer]​

• Launching File Explorer Home is now faster and more responsive.
• The Recommended section on Home now supports touch scrolling, making it easier to browse files in the carousel.
  
  
  

  Enable or Disable Show Recommended Section in File Explorer Home in Windows 11

  This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing the Recommended section instead of Quick access in File Explorer Home for your account in Windows 11. Home in the navigation pane of File Explorer allows you to quickly access and view your pinned locations, frequent folders, and recent...

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• Fixed an issue from the previous flight where previews in File Explorer showed an unexpected thick band across the middle.

[Windows Recovery]​

• New enhancements to networking in WinRE
  • We're adding a new WinRE networking capability that allows the Windows Recovery Environment to automatically reuse eligible Wi-Fi profiles already saved in the main Windows OS, including supported certificate-based Wi-Fi networks. Previously, WinRE could automatically connect only to wired unauthenticated Ethernet or Wi-Fi networks that were separately preconfigured for WinRE, while users had to manually connect to other WPA2/3 networks by entering a password. With this update, WinRE can use saved Wi-Fi profile information when a recovery workflow requires connectivity, helping devices get online automatically during scenarios such as quick machine recovery or cloud rebuild without requiring users or IT admins to separately preconfigure Wi-Fi credentials in WinRE. By default, this capability is enabled. However, IT admins can disable this functionality if desired.
  • To test this feature in your environment, see Test networking in WinRE.

[Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) removal]​

• Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) has been removed in this release. This change is part of the ongoing deprecation and removal of WMIC from Windows.
• For more information about this change, see Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) removal from Windows.
  
  
  

  Add or Remove WMIC command Feature in Windows 11

  This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the WMIC command as an optional feature for all users in Windows 11. The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMIC is compatible with existing shells and utility commands...

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[Search]​

• We're increasing the height of the search box by 4 pixels.
  
  
  

  Add or Remove Search Button on Taskbar in Windows 11

  This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Search button on the taskbar for your account or all users in Windows 11. The Search button on the taskbar allows you to quickly use Windows Search (Win+S) to search for apps, documents, email, files, folders, music, people, photos, settings...

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[Drag Tray]​

• Thank you to Insiders who have provided feedback about the Drag Tray experience. Based on feedback, we're removing the experience in this build. We're continuing to explore improvements in this area and look forward to sharing more about a future replacement experience in a later update.
  
  
  

  Enable or Disable Drop Tray in Windows 11

  This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Drag/Drop Tray feature for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.4202 (24H2) and build 22631.5413 (23H2), sharing files in Windows is getting a lot easier and quicker with the Drag Tray feature. When you start...

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[Settings]​

• Fixed an issue causing Settings to crash in the previous flight when interacting with items on the Date & Time page.

[Taskbar]​

• Improved reliability of loading the system tray area of the taskbar for non-touch PCs.

[Input]​

• Improved reliability of typing with the Japanese IME by reducing potential hangs and deadlocks.

[Other]​

• Fixed an xtajit64.dll crash, which was leading to issues with certain apps for Insiders on Arm64 PCs in the latest flights.

Reminders for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel​

• Updates are based on Windows 11, version 25H2 via an enablement package (Build 26220.9202).
• The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
• Features and experiences included in these builds might never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features might change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they're ready.
• Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders might not be fully localized, and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Windows 11 Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9202 - Windows Insider Program

Release notes for Windows 11 Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9202

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Announcing new builds for 17 August 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental Channels. This post also includes reminders about renewed flight certificates and the current Feature Flags settings issue in the Exp

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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...

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Select language for Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.9202) amd64

Select language for Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.9202) amd64 on UUP dump. UUP dump lets you download Unified Update Platform files, like Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update.

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Select language for Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.9202) arm64

Select language for Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.9202) arm64 on UUP dump. UUP dump lets you download Unified Update Platform files, like Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update.

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UUP Dump - Download Windows Insider ISO

UUP Dump is the most practical and easy way to get ISO images of any Insider Windows 10 or Windows 11 version, as soon as Microsoft has released a new build. UUP Dump creates a download configuration file according to your choices, downloads necessary files directly from Microsoft servers, and...

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