Microsoft releases Build 22468 for Windows 11 on the Dev Channel and now offers more information on VPN connections

Continuing with the scheduled roadmap and with less than a week to go before the arrival for all Windows 11 users, Microsoft continues to polish its operating system with a view to what we will see in 2022 and has released Build 22468 within the Dev Channel in the Insider Program.

A build, a branch, that is no longer about improvements coming in a week and focuses on changes that are coming with the 2022 update , an advance that makes it possible to present more failures.A Build that focuses on fixing bugs and adds improvements to VPN connection and search management.

News in this Build

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• By clicking on a VPN connection in VPN Settings, you can now access and have information about some statistics about the connection. "
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• Added an option to turn off the display of recent searches when hovering over the search icon in the taskbar . This new option is located in Taskbar Behaviors>"

Other improvements

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• Fixed a crash on the Taskbar>"
• Improved the reliability of the side menu when hovering over the search icon in the taskbar.
• When navigating to the search icon in the taskbar using the keyboard, navigating away will now dismiss the recent searches flyout.
• Options that appear when right-clicking recent files displayed when searching for certain apps should now work when selected.
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• In File Explorer>when right-clicking files in OneDrive locations, the context menu will no longer close unexpectedly when hovering over the entries that open submenus, such as Open With."
• Double-clicking a network folder to open it will no longer unexpectedly try to pin Quick Access instead of opening it.

• Fixed an underlying font issue where the right hand of the kaomoji shruggie ¯ \ _ (?) _ / ¯ would not display in the correct position, as well as apostrophes in certain cases.
• With this build the preferred microphone input format setting should be kept.
• Fix an issue where certain drives were not displayed in Defragment and optimize drives.
• Fixed an issue that prevented MDM enrolled PCs from successfully upgrading to the previous build. These devices are now unlocked from updating to the latest version.
• Fixes an issue that could cause unexpected flickering in certain applications such as Microsoft Edge when using multiple monitors with different refresh rates.
• Fixed a display related crash that was causing some Insiders to experience increased bugchecks on recent builds.
• Fixed an issue where the Windows Update icon on the taskbar might appear to suddenly disappear when the time passed mouse over it.
• Fixes a rare issue with certain devices after sleep where Wi-Fi would get stuck in an off state and trying to turn it back on would not work.
• Fixes an issue for certain devices that could cause the system to freeze in some scenarios.

Known Issues

• Users updating builds 22000.xxx, or earlier, to more recent Dev Channel builds using the latest Dev Channel ISO, may receive the following warning message: The build you are attempting install is Flight Signed. To continue with the installation, enable release signing. If you get this message, press the Enable button, restart the PC and try the update again.
• Some users may experience reduced screen timeouts and sleep. They investigate the potential impact that shorter screen and idle times could have on power consumption.
• In some cases, you may not be able to enter text when using Search from the start or taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog, then close it.

• Taskbar sometimes flickers when switching input methods.
• Investigate reports regarding Notification Center will be put in a state in recent builds where it doesn't start. If you are affected by this, restarting explorer.exe may resolve the issue.
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• After clicking the search icon on the taskbar, the search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the Windows Explorer process>"
• The search panel can appear black and not display any content below the search box.
• The widget board may appear empty. To fix the problem, you can log out and log back in.
• Widgets may display the wrong size on external monitors. If you encounter this, you can launch widgets via touch shortcut or WIN + W on your real PC screen first and then launch them on secondary monitors.

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If you belong to the Dev Channel within the Insider Program with Windows 11, you can download the update by going to the usual path, that is, Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update ."

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