New Windows 11 Build 23541 – Start Menu Change, New Apps and Fixes (Dev)

In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build, which is Build 23541.

New 23H2 References

Windows 11 23H2 Update has been seen in certain Hidden Velocity Features and also some .dll files in Windows.

In build 23541 "Windows Configuration Update (KB5030509)" has been added to musupdatehandlers.dll.mui for some reason

— Xeno (@XenoPanther) September 8, 2023

Start Menu Change

Rich thumbnail previews (tooltips) for cloud files under Recommended on the Start menu and the ability to right-click to share on these files which rolled out with Build 23511 may temporarily disappear for some Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.

New Paint and Microsoft Store

Microsoft is also introducing the ability to Remove the Background in an Image using the Paint App, with the help of Machine learning and the ONNX Model.

Microsoft Store is also getting a New Game Pass page which will allow you to Explore and subscribe to PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate through the new dedicated page.

Fixes in this Build

Taskbar

• Fixed an issue where dragging app icons in the taskbar may sometimes lead to an explorer.exe crash.

Search on the Taskbar

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the tooltip when mousing over the search box wouldn’t match the current search highlight.

Dev Drive

• Fixed an issue where it wasn’t possible to paste a folder path to mount into the dialog when creating a new Dev Drive.

Known Issues in this Build

File Explorer

• [NEW] Icons on the desktop may show as generic white pages rather than their proper icons.
• [NEW] There is an issue where the progress wheel icon will get stuck in the File Explorer tab even though the folder has finished loading.
• [NEW] Changing the sort order of folders doesn’t persist if you navigate away and back from the folder.

Start Menu

• Some apps under All apps on the Start menu, such as PWA apps installed via Microsoft Edge, may incorrectly be labeled as a system component.

Input

• Unicode Emoji 15support which began rolling out with Build 23475 and the updated color font format with COLRv1 support that began rolling out with Build 23506 no longer appear after updating to Build 23531 due to a bug. This issue will be fixed in a future flight soon.
• [NEW] There is a high hitting tabtip.exe crash which is impacting the ability for some Insiders to type.

Windows Copilot

• [NEW] We heard feedback from Insiders in the Dev Channel that the Windows Copilot Preview is not available in some regions. We found an issue and plan to re-enable it for these Insiders with a fix in a future flight.
• You can use Alt + Tab to switch out of Windows Copilot, but not back into it. Windows + C will move focus back to Windows Copilot
• When first launching or after refreshing Copilot while using voice access you’ll need to use “Show grid” commands to click in the “Ask me anything” box for the first time.

For more information about this Build, you can check this article from the Microsoft Blog.

For a more in-depth presentation of the New Build, you can watch the video below from the YouTube channel.