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Build 26220.8283

Build 26220.8283: Windows Insider Beta Channel, April 2026. Start menu edge clicks and Times New Roman diacritic support

In short

Beta Channel Insiders get improved Start menu activation from the taskbar edge and better Times New Roman support for Greek and Cyrillic diacritical marks, alongside printer-driver and Group Policy Editor changes.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Beta Channel. These Insiders have not yet begun moving to the new Beta experience.

Build
26220.8283

This is a test build for people in the Windows Insider Program. Features in it can change, be removed, or never reach regular Windows releases.

What changes

Improvements 3 changes

Print Drivers

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • The Internet Protocol Print driver gets new hardware IDs ahead of upcoming changes to printer driver ranking order.1
    prnms012 has new HWIDs in preparation for upcoming changes in printer driver ranking order.

Start menu

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • Clicks at the taskbar’s left edge are detected more reliably to open Start when taskbar icons are left-aligned.2

Times New Roman

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • Times New Roman better supports marks added to Greek and Cyrillic letters.3
    Improves support for combining diacritical marks across the Greek and Cyrillic Unicode ranges.

Fix 1 change

Group Policy Editor

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • An unexpected error no longer appears when opening Group Policy Editor.4

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2026-04-24
Type
Windows Insider build
VersionBuildChannel
— 26220.8283 Beta Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (4)
  1. 1. The Internet Protocol Print driver (prnms012) has new hardware IDs (HWIDs) in preparation for upcoming changes in printer driver ranking order. learn.microsoft.com
  2. 2. Improved detection of clicks at the leftmost edge of the taskbar to invoke start menu when the taskbar icons are set to left aligned. learn.microsoft.com
  3. 3. We have updated Times New Roman to improve support for combining diacritical marks across the Greek and Cyrillic Unicode ranges. learn.microsoft.com
  4. 4. Removed unexpected error that was showing when opening Group Policy Editor in the last couple Insider flights. learn.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 4 quoted passages
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  • Numbers found in the sources: passed
  • Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
  • Links to allowed domains only: passed
  • Every official change covered: passed
  • Readable plain text: passed
  • Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
  • Sources agree: passed

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