Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22499 Released to Developer Channel

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22499 for the developer channel. Let’s take a look at what’s new, the bugs that were fixed, and of course the new issues that have arisen with this release.

What’s new in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22499

Microsoft Teams users can quickly share open windows from the taskbar by simply hovering over the program icon and clicking the “Share this window” option. You can stop sharing the option or switch to a different window as needed. This feature is being rolled out in phases, so not everyone will have access to this option.

The Share window option will be added to the Chat application (Microsoft Teams for home), included in Windows 11, later. The build release notes indicate that other communication programs will be able to access this feature, once they add the option in your application.

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Good news for fans of Clock, the app, that is, users can now log into the Clock app (in version 11.2110.32.0 or higher) using Microsoft Work and School accounts, to sync them.

If you are expecting Microsoft to display the clock on all monitors, you can also try the ElevenClock program, which does the same job for free.

Fixed issues in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22499

The most important fix in the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22499 update is the one that affected computers that were resuming from sleep with a “SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED” error. Fixed an issue that caused some games to lag when their window was in focus. Auto-correction and touch keyboard suggestions have been improved with back-end dictionaries for many languages.

Microsoft has managed to resolve the issue with the Windows clipboard history preventing the feature from working in build 22494, which was released about a week ago. The emoji panel issue has also been fixed and GIFs are working properly. Fixed a bug related to the touch keyboard causing Explorer to crash. Also fixed a similar crash that occurred when Alt + F4 was used with Alt + Tab open.

Known Issues in Build 22499

The taskbar flickering issue persists with the latest version of Preview and will happen when you change the input language. The Caps Lock indicator lights bug, which also affects the Num Lock and Scroll Lock keys, has not been fixed in this update. The indicator lights for the lock keys on your keyboard will not work when you change them, even though the lock is activated correctly. In my experience this happens with virtual machines as well, the light stays on on my host OS but turns off when I switch to the virtual machine. The announcement says that Microsoft is investigating the problem.

If you see a warning message that says: “The build you are trying to install is flight signed. To continue with the installation, please enable flight signature », restart your computer and try updating again. Users experiencing error code 0x80070002 can use the same trick. There is another problem that can affect some PCs. If you get error code 0xc1900101-0x4001c, your PC will revert to the previous build. Microsoft advises users affected by this issue to pause updates until a fix is ​​released. The clock may get stuck and not update if you try to access the system through Remote Desktop. The size of the thumbnails in Task View can be reduced by hovering over different desktops.

The slider to control volume and brightness does not display correctly on some PCs. The search function still has a couple of problems. Sometimes it may not work, the solution for this is to open the Run command with Win + R, close it and try the search again. If it doesn’t work, restart the Explorer process from Task Manager.

For what it’s worth, I had no problem updating my virtual machine from 44994 to 44999, but YMMV.

If you want to use VMware Workstation Player to test Insider Preview builds, check out my guides on how to enable TPM 2.0 support and how to fix the “processor must have two or more cores to run Windows 11” issue.

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