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Release date: 18 September 2026
Changes and improvements gradually being rolled out*
- This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.
[Start menu]
- This update brings a number of improvements for the Start menu as first outlined in the Making Taskbar and Start more personal Insider blog.
- Renamed Recommended to Recent in Start and the Settings page.
- Added section-level toggles to independently show or hide Pinned, Recent, and All.
- Added the option to choose between a small and large Start menu, in addition to the Automatic (default) option that is already available.
- Added the option to hide your name and profile picture in Start.
- Redesigned the Start menu settings page.
[Hyper-V]
- Fixed an issue where some applications that used HCS-managed virtual machines experienced issues when sharing host folders with Linux VMs using Plan9. Folders shared from the Windows host using Plan9 didn't appear or couldn't be accessed in the guest environment.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to have their PC freeze when the UAC prompt appeared in recent flights.
Known issues
- We're working on a fix for an issue causing some Insiders to experience noticeably decreased performance when interacting with the system the longer they use the latest builds.
- We're investigating an issue where VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.4 might display a blank window when reopening a virtual machine after it has been created and closed. We're working on a fix and will provide an update in a future build.
- We're also aware of and investigating reports of VMware devices green screening.
Reminder for Windows Insiders in the Experimental (Future Platforms) channel
These builds can be unstable and might be released with limited documentation.
The builds released to these channels represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and shouldn't be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows. Features and experiences included in these builds might never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features might change over time, be removed, or replaced, and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they're ready.
Many features are rolled out using Controlled Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time. We monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders might not be fully localized, and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.