Microsoft vient de mettre en ligne la toute première Preview 2022 de Windows 11, la build 22526. Elle débarque sur le canal DEV du programme Windows Insider.
Selon le géant il n’y a pas de changements majeurs. Nous retrouvons des correctifs et des améliorations générales. Il est cependant possible de profiter de quelques ajustements et modifications. Par exemple un certain nombre d’utilisateurs expérimentent une nouvelle action de la combinaison ALT + TAB avec un mode fenêtré au lieu d’un mode plein écran.
Le système d’exploitation prend en charge la parole à large bande lors avec les produits AirPods d’Apple. Cela comprend les AirPods, AirPods Pro et AirPods Max. Cette avancée devrait améliorer la qualité audio des appels. Redmond prévoit d’activer par défaut “Credential Guard” sur les PC sous licence Windows 11 Entreprise (E3 et E5) à partir de build 22518.
Enfin l’indexation prend en charge un plus grand nombre d’emplacements de fichiers. L’objectif est de rendre la recherche plus pertinante et rapide.
A tout ceci s’ajoute de nombreux correctifs. Ils concernent
- L’explorateur de fichiers
- Le module de recherche
- Collection Spotlight
- Les Widgets
Nous avons aussi la correction d’un bug affcetant le bureau à distance (erreur KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED lors de la tentative d’arrêt ou de redémarrage). De son côté le Microsoft Store ne doit plus afficher un message d’erreur 0x80073CFB lors d’une tentative d’installation de la dernière mise à jour de l’extension Web Media.
Attention nous sommes dans le cadre du programme Windows Insider. Cette build n’est pas conseillée pour un PC de production. Microsoft annonce plusieurs problèmes connus et non corrigés. Vous trouverez les détails en fin d’article. Ils touchent
- A des problèmes de mises à jour
- A des problèmes de connexion à certaines applications comme le Feedback Hub.
- A la barre des tâches
- Au module Recherche
- A Paramètres
- Ou encore à démarrer et l’accès vocal.
Windows 11 Build note de version
Changes and Improvements
- We’re experimenting with showing ALT + TAB as windowed instead of full screen for some Insiders.
- We have added support for wideband speech when using Apple AirPods products (AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max), improving audio quality for voice calls.
- Starting with Build 22518, Credential Guard is now enabled by default on Windows 11 Enterprise (E3 and E5) licensed PCs that are enterprise-joined.
- We are experimenting with indexing more file locations so that using search to find important files in Files Explorer is quicker.
Fixes
[File Explorer]
- Did some work to help address an issue where if you’d used search in File Explorer, and then explorer.exe crashed, the next time you tried to search in File Explorer it wouldn’t work.
[Search]
- We’ve made another fix to help address the recent searches flyout getting stuck on the screen (appearing transparent except the border).
- Improved the resolution of app icons displayed in search results when the display scaling was set to greater than 100%.
[Spotlight collection]
- If you’re using spotlight collection, the current image should migrate on upgrade now (if the build you’re upgrading from is Build 22523 or higher).
[Widgets]
- Fixed an issue result in the Widgets board potentially not having the correct resolution when hovering over the entry point on a secondary monitor.
- Addressed an issue where the Widgets board would temporarily be blank, showing only an Add Widgets button (which also opened to a blank dialog).
[Other]
- Fixed a bugcheck with KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED remote desktop users were encountering when attempting to shutdown or restart.
- Microsoft Store should no longer show a message that trying to install the latest Web Media Extension update is returning error code 0x80073CFB.
- Addressed a DWM crash impacting some Insiders on the previous flight.
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the active development branch may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11 that became generally available on October 5th, 2021.
Known issues
[General]
- You may be unable to sign-in to certain apps such as Feedback Hub. Restarting your PC should correct the issue.
- We’re investigating reports that some Insiders are seeing driver and firmware update failures in recent builds with the error 0x8007012a.
[Start]
- In some cases, you might be unable to enter text when using Search from Start or the taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on the keyboard to launch the Run dialog box, then close it.
[Taskbar]
- The taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods.
- The network icon sometimes goes missing in the taskbar when it’s supposed to be there. If you encounter this, please try using Task Manager to restart explorer.exe.
- If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC and right-click on the date and time on the taskbar on your primary monitor, it will crash explorer.exe
[Search]
- After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again.
[Settings]
- When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength.
- Settings may crash when going to System > Display > HDR.
- There is a blank entry under Bluetooth & Devices.
- We’re working on a fix for an issue impacting some Insiders, resulting in Settings crashing when trying to access the Installed Apps, Startup Apps, and Default Apps pages. If you are one of those impacted and need to uninstall an app, using winget should work.
[Widgets]
- Changing the taskbar alignment can cause the Widgets button to disappear from taskbar.
- When having multiple monitors, Widgets content on taskbar may get out of sync between monitors.
- With the taskbar left-aligned, information such as temperature is not shown. This will be fixed in a future update.
[Voice access]
- Some text authoring commands, e.g., “select that” or “delete that”, may not work as expected across Windows applications.
- Recognition of some punctuation marks and symbols such as @ sign is not accurate
For developers
You can download the latest Windows Insider SDK at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk.
SDK NuGet packages are now also flighting at NuGet Gallery | WindowsSDK which include:
- .NET TFM packages for use in .NET apps as described at ms/windowsinsidersdk
- C++ packages for Win32 headers and libs per architecture
- BuildTools package when you just need tools like MakeAppx.exe, MakePri.exe, and SignTool.exe
These NuGet packages provide more granular access to the SDK and better integrate in CI/CD pipelines.