Microsoft releases Build 22000.348 for Windows 11: redesigned emojis

Changes and additions

Updated all emoji from Segoe UI Emoji font to Fluent 2D emoji style.
Adds ability to search Emoji 13.1 in all supported languages
Updates the Emoji panel and more so you can enter emoji in apps. Once the update installation is complete, press the Windows key + the period key to access the new emoji within the emoji picker.
Fixes an issue that causes Internet Explorer to crash when copying and pasting text while using the Method Editor entry (IME).
Fix an issue that displays the incorrect background of the iFLY Simplified Chinese IME icon in the notification area.
Fixed an issue that prevents the display of File Explorer and desktop shortcut menus. This issue often occurs when you choose to use a single click to open an item.
Improves taskbar icon animation performance
Fixed issues with volume control affecting Bluetooth audio devices.
Fixes an issue that causes File Explorer to stop working after closing a File Explorer window.
Fixes an issue that displays incorrect sub title shadows for some videos.
Fixes an issue that automatically removes the Windows display language of Serbian (Latin) from a device.
Fixes a bug that causes flickering when you hover over icons on the taskbar; This issue occurs if you have applied a high contrast theme.
Fixed a bug that, under certain conditions, prevents the keyboard focus rectangle from being visible when using Task View, Alt-Tab, or Tweak Wizard.
"Fixed an issue that can cause Windows Mixed Reality to start when you put on a headset. This issue occurs even when you have disabled the option Launch the mixed reality portal when my headset&39;s presence sensor detects that I&39;m wearing it."
Fixes an issue that can cause your device to report that it doesn't detect a printer after plugging it in.
Fixed an issue that could cause a temporary loss of audio on your device.
Fixed an issue that caused some variable fonts to display incorrectly.
Fixes an issue that displays letters or characters at the wrong angle when using the Meiryo UI font and other vertical fonts. These fonts are often used in Japan, China, or other Asian countries.
Fixes an issue that causes certain applications to stop responding to input. This issue occurs on devices that have a touch panel.
Added an option for the user to choose whether to automatically turn on Focus Assist for the first hour after a Windows Feature Update.
Fixes audio distortion that affects Xbox One and Xbox Series audio peripherals and occurs when you use them with spatial audio.
Fixes various aspects of Windows emoji. As part of ongoing iterative work, we have made the following enhancements for this release:

Improvements and fixes

Changes the screen color to blue when a device stops working or a stop error occurs as in earlier versions of Windows.
Fixes an issue that affects the functionality of the Appx PowerShell cmdlet in PowerShell 7.1 and later versions.
Fixes an issue that causes some users to see an unexpected bad image error message dialog>"
Fixes an issue that causes searchindexer.exe to stop responding during an unmount operation in the Remote Desktop Environment.
Fixes an issue that affects the opening of the SearchFilterHost.exe process.
Adds support for DST cancellation for the Republic of Fiji for 2021.
Fixes an issue that causes devices with certain processors to stop responding when they wake up from hibernation.
Fixes a COM initialization problem in wslapi.dll that could cause the calling process to stop working.
Addresses an issue on the Hyper-V virtual machine bus (VMBus) that causes the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) VM to occasionally time out when attaching disks. This problem also prevents the utility from starting.
Addresses an issue that affects the fault handling of the System Memory Management Unit (SMMU) after hibernation.
Fixes an issue that causes the system to stop working after enabling Hyper-V.
Fixes an issue that cannot apply Machine Group Policy Objects automatically at startup or in the background to devices in a domain that have certain processors.

Fixes an issue that causes the Server Manager cmdlet to return an error. As a result, many Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) validations fail during the installation of optional features.
Adds the option to configure an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) maximum transmission unit (MTU) that is less than 576 bytes on an interface.
Fixes an issue that causes get-winevent to fail and the error generates an InvalidOperationException notice.
Fixes an issue that incorrectly outputs some variable fonts.
Fixes an issue that displays glyphs at the wrong angle when using the Meiryo UI font and other vertical fonts. These fonts are often used in Japan, China, or other Asian countries.
Adds a feature to facilitate certain data transfers between browsers.
Fixes an issue that occurs when opening a dialog within Internet Explorer.
Fixes an issue affecting Internet Explorer COM automation scenarios.
Fixes an issue that causes Internet Explorer to stop working when you copy and paste text while using the Input Method Editor (IME ).
Fixes an issue that causes certain applications to stop responding to input. This issue occurs on devices that have a touch panel.
Fixed a touch keyboard implementation issue that affected WebView2 controls in Windows UI Library 3.0 (WinUI 3) applications.
Fixes a memory leak in ctfmon.exe that occurs when switching between different editing clients.
Updates the phone number for Windows activation for locales that have the wrong phone number.
Addresses a known issue that causes error codes 0x000006e4, 0x0000007c, or 0x00000709 when connecting to a remote printer that is shared on a Windows print server.
Addresses an issue affecting USB printing devices that support Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) over USB. This problem prevents these USB printing devices from completing the installation.
Fixes an issue that causes certain USB print installers to report that they do not detect the printer after connecting it.
Fixes an issue that could incorrectly redirect operating system functionality when invoking microsoft-edge hooks:.
Fixed an issue in the Windows audio system that could cause the audiodg.exe process to stop working, resulting in a temporary loss of audio.
Fixes an issue that prevents software-defined networking (SDN) virtual machines from working when you configure Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) VPN bandwidth throttling.
Fixes an issue that could cause the return value of GetCommandLineA to be lowercase in some developer scenarios.
Addresses a Primary Refresh Token (PRT) refresh issue that occurs when VPN users sign in with Windows Hello for Business when the VPN connection is offline. Users receive unexpected authentication requests for online resources that are configured for user logon frequency (SIF) in Azure Active Directory-Conditional Access .
Adds the message that an organization's policy manages the user's location privacy settings. This message appears when your privacy settings are controlled by the Group Policy documented in Manage connections from Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating system components to Microsoft services.
Fixes an issue affecting the Fast Identity Online 2.0 (FIDO2) credential provider and prevents the login input box from being displayed PIN.
Fixes an issue that causes Windows Defender Application Control to incorrectly compare two file version numbers.
Enhances the ability of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to identify and intercept ransomware and advanced attacks.
"Fixes an issue that could cause Windows Mixed Reality to start when you put on a headset. This issue occurs even when you have disabled the option Launch the mixed reality portal when my headset&39;s presence sensor detects that I&39;m wearing it."
Fixes an issue that causes the AltGr key to stop working if a remote desktop client is running or if RemoteApp has been disconnected.
Fixes an issue that causes the edit button and battery icon in Quick Settings to disappear intermittently.
Fixes an issue affecting the Focus Assist button in the notification area, and this update provides an accessible name for screen readers.

Fixes an issue that affects the display of the number of unread notifications; some numbers do not appear in the center of the circle in the notification area.
Fixes an issue affecting the Start menu when installing a large number of applications and changing the screen resolution. The app names appear on the Start menu, but the app icons are missing. This update may also improve the reliability of the Start menu when using secondary monitors in mixed-resolution scenarios.
Fixes an issue that causes flickering when you mouse over icons on the taskbar; This issue occurs if you have applied a high contrast theme.
Fixes an issue that, under certain conditions, prevents the keyboard focus rectangle from being visible when using Task View, Alt-Tab, or Tweak Wizard.
Addresses an issue affecting applications that provide context menu items (shortcuts) in File Explorer and desktop context menus. This problem occurs if these applications use directory or directory \ records in the background. .
Fixes an issue that automatically removes the Windows display language of Serbian (Latin) from a device.
Fixes an issue that displays a blank space at the bottom of the touch keyboard when you close the keyboard while the Suggestions UI is expanded.
Fixes reliability issues that prevent the display of File Explorer and desktop shortcut menus. This issue often occurs when you choose to use a single click to open an item.
Improves taskbar icon animation performance.
Fixes an issue that causes File Explorer to stop working after closing a File Explorer window.
Fixes an issue that displays incorrect sub title shadows for some videos.
Fixes an issue that occurs when you run a 32-bit application on a 64-bit version of Windows 11. Calling NetServerEnum might return error 87 or error 1231.
Fixes an issue that prevents a device from starting and stops responding due to licensing API calls.
Fixes an issue that prevents flash drives, such as SD cards and certain USB drives, from appearing in the Defragment and Optimize Drives user interface.
Addresses an issue that affects NTFS when you enable journal update sequence number (USN). NTFS performs unnecessary actions every time you perform a write operation, which affects I/O performance.
Allows download events to create pop-up windows in Microsoft Edge Internet Explorer mode.
Updates the Start menu accessibility folder name to Accessibility>"
Fixes an issue affecting Microsoft Narrator users when selecting Braille options in Settings.
Fixes an issue that causes some application icons in the All Apps list on Startup get cut off at the bottom after changing screen resolution.
Fixes a reliability issue on the lock screen that affects the rendering of network status text.
Fixes an issue that causes the Windows Update History page in the Settings app to display a summary count of zero (0) updates per category when updates are listed.
Addresses an issue in the Windows Network File System (NFS) client that might prevent you from renaming a file after mounting an NFS share. This problem occurs if you change the file name using File Explorer, but does not occur if you change the file name using the command line.
Fixes an issue that could cause a stop error in volmgr.sys when you delete a volume.
Fixes a known issue that could prevent applications, such as those from Kaspersky, from opening

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