Windows 11 build 25197

Windows 11 build 25197 is the twenty-third Insider Preview and the seventeenth available client build of Copper, the 23H1 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 8 September 2022, along with its server counterpart.
== New features and changes ==
=== Shell ===
* The tablet-optimized taskbar, re-introduced in build 25193, has been rolled out to a subset of users.
** This feature can be manually enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the 26008830 velocity ID.
*** To enable this feature on any devices (including non-touchscreen devices), enable the velocity ID and merge the following registry entry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"TabletPostureTaskbar"=dword:00000001
* The unified hitboxes for Win32 system tray icons and the "show hidden icons" flyout, re-introduced in build 25193, have been rolled out to a subset of users.
** This change will be applied only if the tablet-optimized taskbar is enabled on the device.
* The new animation for system tray icons, initially introduced in build 25193, have been rolled out to a subset of users.
** This change will be applied only if the tablet-optimized taskbar is enabled on the device.
* The wording on Start Menu's search box has been changed to "Find your apps, files, and settings".
** This change is disabled by default, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the 38937525 velocity ID.
=== Windows Spotlight ===
When right-clicking the "Learn more about this picture" icon on the desktop, a new UI showing details about the wallpaper will appear at the bottom of the screen.
* This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the 39710659, 39880030 and 40268500 velocity IDs.
=== Settings ===
* The animated icons in the left navigation panel, initially introduced in build 25188, have been rolled out to a subset of users.
** This feature can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the 34878152 velocity ID.
* The Startup and App Execution Alias pages have been redesigned to align with the design aesthetics of other Settings pages.
* The Personal Dictionary section under the Inking & Typing Personalization page has been renamed to "Custom word list".
=== Task Manager ===
* The reliability of Task Manager has been improved.
* The circles used to identify each of the different sections has been updated to be less blurry if graphs have been hidden on the Performance page.
* The ability to generate a live kernel dump, partially introduced in build 25188, is functional in this build.
** This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled by running ViVeTool from an elevated Command Prompt window to enable the 40430431 velocity ID.
=== Miscellaneous ===
The performance of deleting files via File Explorer in the case where there are a large number of files being deleted at once has been improved.
=== Bugfixes ===
==== General ====
* Fixed an issue which could lead to hangs in certain apps when attempting to print if an IPP printer took too long to respond to the print request.
* Fixed an issue where EnumPrinters wasn’t always returning the correct size for pcbNeeded, which could lead to hangs in certain programs.
* Fixed a typo in the dialog displayed when Smart App Control blocked an app.
* Fixed an issue where certain characters were missing in the boot environment when using the Chinese (Simplified) or Korean display languages, leading to square boxes in the text.
==== Tablet-optimized taskbar ====
* Fixed an issue causing the taskbar to flash in the system tray in non-tablet-optimized scenarios.
* Fixed an issue that was causing parts of the taskbar or its icons like search to get stuck in the wrong theme's colors when switching between light and dark themes.
* Fixed an issue causing the date and time to get stuck cutting off on the side of the screen from system tray changes.
==== File Explorer ====
Fixed an issue causing File Explorer to fail to open if the "Launch folder windows in a separate process" option in Folder Options is enabled.
==== Shell ====
* Fixed a crash when using Start's recommended section.
* Fixed an issue causing Task View to be closed unexpectedly when clicking the title bar portion of a preview thumbnail in it.
* Fixed a sporadic explorer.exe crash which could happen when using or Task View.
==== Input ====
* Fixed an issue causing ctfmon.exe to crash in recent builds when words were added to the spelling dictionary.
* Fixed an issue where dragging the voice typing window to another monitor which has a different scaling than the originating monitor won't work correctly.
* Fixed a sporadic crash in recent builds when using the input switcher.
* Fixed an issue which could lead to voice typing and other input features hanging on initialization.
* Fixed an issue with displaying certain Sinhala words, where they were unexpectedly overlapping.
==== Widgets ====
Fixed an issue causing the weather icon in the taskbar to be drew too high and with no text.
== Bugs and quirks ==
=== General ===
* The audio may stop working in certain cases.
* Several apps may crash on launch in certain cases.
* Users may experience bugchecks when moving the mouse in certain games.
* The OneDrive setup may appear to ask for permission to set up every time Windows reboots. 
** Disabling OneDriveSetup.exe from opening at startup may resolve this issue.
=== Tablet-optimized taskbar ===
* The taskbar may sometimes flash when transitioning between desktop posture and tablet posture.
* The taskbar may take longer than expected to transition to the touch-optimized version when switching between desktop posture and tablet posture.
* Using the left or right edge gestures may cause the Widgets or Notification Center (respectively) to overlap with or look truncated by the taskbar.
* The taskbar may sometimes stay stuck in the expanded state instead of dismissing to collapsed state when using the bottom right edge gesture to see Quick Settings.
* The taskbar may sometimes collapse unexpectedly when there are no running windows on the desktop.
=== File Explorer ===
The command bar items, such as copy, paste, and empty recycle bin, may unexpectedly not be enabled.
=== Settings ===
Users may be unable to uninstall certain apps under the Installed apps page.
=== Shell ===
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.
=== Virtualization ===
* Users may experience a UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR bugcheck when booting Windows in VMware on a Hyper-V enabled host with 2 or more cores allocated.
* The system may fail to boot in VMware with attached network adapters.
=== Widgets ===
* The Notification badge number may appear misaligned on the taskbar.
* The Notification banner for some badging may not appear in the Widgets board in some cases.
=== Safe mode ===
* 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
File:Windows11-10.0.25197.1000-Spotlight.webp|The new Spotlight UI
File:Windows11-10.0.25197.1000-Settings1.webp|The Apps page in the Settings app
File:Windows11-10.0.25197.1000-Settings2.webp|The App execution aliases page in the Settings app
File:Windows11-10.0.25188.1000-SettingsIcons.png|The animated navigation icons in the Settings app
File:Windows11-10.0.25193.1000-Taskbar.png|New animation for system tray icons on the taskbar
== External links ==
* Official announcement
Category:Copper builds
Category:Windows 11 builds