Windows 11 build 25262

Windows 11 build 25262 is the fourth Insider Preview and the third available client build of Zinc, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 9 December 2022.
== New features and changes ==
=== Widgets ===
The sign-in requirement for Widgets has been removed. Therefore, users can now access the Widgets board without signing into a Microsoft account. This change can be toggled on manually by enabling the 41561445 and 41561454 velocity IDs.
=== Settings ===
* The "Quick assistance from a friend" link has been added to the bottom of System > Troubleshooters.
* A new option "Automatically manage color for apps" has been added under Display > Advanced display to turn on Auto Color Management for SDR displays. This feature is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the 41740192 velocity ID.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* The performance of launching the search window in certain cases has been improved.
* The text in Wireless Display has been updated to prompt users to turn on the input if it's not enabled.
=== Boot environment ===
The CIMFS device type which has been present but unimplemented since an unknown build is now implemented.
* Therefore, the CIMFS filesystem which was present since an unknown build but unusable due to requiring a device of type CIMFS which could not be created, is now usable.
* An attempt to create or open a device of type CIMFS will wipe all derived BitLocker keys and cap PCR11 if it was not already capped.
=== Bugfixes ===
==== General ====
* Fixed an issue that was causing Windows Web Experience Pack to be missing after upgrading to build 25252 in certain cases, thus causing explorer.exe to get stuck in a crash loop and preventing Widgets and Windows Sandbox from working properly.
* Fixed an issue that was causing certain PCI devices (such as secondary drives) to not work properly with errors in Device Manager.
* Fixed an issue where users would need to press after typing to see search results for .cmd, .exe or .bat files.
==== Shell ====
* Fixed an issue where, with the system tray design updates, auto-hiding the taskbar would stop working after users had interacted with the hidden icons flyout.
* Fixed an issue that was causing a gap between full screen windows and the taskbar on secondary monitors.
* Fixed an issue that was causing the system tray area to shift as the numbers change in the clock.
* Fixed an issue that was causing the top half of the media controls in Quick Settings to be missing sometimes.
* Fixed an issue that was causing the Microsoft Account sign-in window to have a black title bar in certain cases when using light mode.
* The following fixes will only apply if the new search box on the taskbar is enabled:
** Fixed an issue where the search box would not show up on multiple monitors as expected when clicking on either one.
** Fixed an issue where clicking the search box would cause it to momentarily flash before the Search page displayed.
==== File Explorer ====
Fixed an issue that was causing explorer.exe to crash when opening certain items from the Recent section.
==== Settings ====
Fixed an issue that was causing the Wi-Fi section of Quick Settings to say network venue on certain entries unexpectedly.
==== Task Manager ====
Fixed an issue where the graphs on the performance page might not update, even though the real time update speed setting wasn't paused.
== Bugs and quirks ==
=== General === 
* Several apps may crash on launch in certain cases.
* The Cast to Device feature may not work in certain cases.
=== Shell === 
* Various UI elements in apps may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
* On some locales, the default font used in several UI elements (such as the date and time on the taskbar) may change to regular Segoe UI instead of Segoe UI Variable.
* Opening the Bluetooth section of Quick Settings may cause system to crash.
* The taskbar may sometimes be cropped in half when using the tablet-optimized taskbar.
* The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
** The search box may not render correctly and display visual artifacts.
** The search box may appear to be floating on the desktop when changing the primary monitor.
** Several layout issues with the text in the search box may appear on right-to-left locales.
** Some Japanese IME candidate items may be clipped inside the search box.
=== Task Manager ===
* Filtering by publisher name may not match correctly on the Processes page.
* Some services may not show in the Services page after filtering is applied.
* If a new process is starting while a filter is set, then that process may appear for a split second in the filtered list.
* Some dialogs may not render in the correct theme when applied from the Settings page.
* The data content area of the Processes page may flash once when theme changes are applied in the Settings page.
* The Task Manager may not display light and dark content correctly with unreadable text when the "Choose your mode" option under Personalization > Colors in the Settings app is set to Custom.
* The Startup apps page may not list any apps in certain cases.
=== Widgets ===
* On right-to-left locales, the content may animate out of view before the Widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the Widgets board.
* The widgets board may get stuck open in an invisible state for users in certain regions, causing clicks on the left side of the screen to not work.
** Pressing may resolve this issue.
=== Safe mode ===
* Enabling the search box/icon on the taskbar may cause explorer.exe to hang or crash.
* Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the Capability Access Manager Service service not running.
* Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer 0xc0000409.
== Gallery ==
File:Win11-boot-10x-anim.png|Boot screen
== External links ==
* Official announcement
Category:Zinc builds
Category:Windows 11 builds