Microsoft releases update KB5011563 for Windows 11

Update KB5011563 for Windows 11 is now available to users in the stable channel. The patch was released a couple of weeks ago to Insiders on the Beta and Release Preview channels.

What’s new in update KB5011563

The notification panel in the Alert Center has changed slightly, it will now display up to 3 high priority notifications simultaneously. These include call alerts, reminders and alarms. In total, users can now see 4 toast messages, that is, 1 normal notification and 3 high priority alerts. UWP apps that were set to run when Windows starts should now run automatically on startup, after an issue preventing them from running was fixed. Selecting a file in OneDrive can cause the app to lose focus if you rename a file and press the Enter key, if this happens you will need to select the file again.

The update fixes several bugs that have been reported by users. A bug that caused computers to start up slowly has been reduced to occur on systems connected to a 5G wireless wide area network (WWAN). A user interface thread on the network stopped responding, which in turn caused an increase in Windows startup time. Update KB5011563 fixes this issue. The User Account Control dialog box (UAC prompt) will display the application requesting elevated privileges.

Mitigated a memory leak issue in WMIPICMP.DLL that caused false alarms in the System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) data center monitoring system. Windows update KB5011563 fixes stop error 0xD1, DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL in the DirectX kernel component.

Searching for the word Widgets using Search/Start will take you to the Taskbar Settings page, which can be useful if you don’t know where to turn the button on or off. There is an easier way to get to this page, right-click on an empty area of ​​the taskbar and select Taskbar Settings.

Many users had complained about Outlook application not returning search results for recent emails while offline, Searchindexer.exe has been patched to fix this issue. Sharing SMB over an IP address should work fine when SMB Hardening is enabled.

The KB5011563 update is available as a cumulative update preview, if you don’t want to wait for the software update to be released on Patch Tuesday, you can choose to install it from the Windows Update screen in the Settings app right now. You will need to restart your computer to apply the changes in the update. If you want to download the offline patch for the latest version of C, go to the Microsoft Catalog website. The firmware version for the update is Windows 11 Build 22000.593.

One important change that was introduced in the KB5011563 update, and not mentioned in its Release Notes, is that you can now set the default browser with a single click from the Settings app, rather than individually editing options for file types. and .HTM, .HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, .PDF and .SHTML protocols. We first spotted this in a Dev Channel build that was released in December 2021. Hopefully this QoL feature will be extended for other file types to allow users to set their default video player, image viewer, etc. ., more easily.

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