Build 26100.7296: Windows Insider Release Preview Channel, November 2025. File Explorer dark mode and camera effects for more cameras

• On Copilot+ PCs, Windows Studio Effects can enhance an additional camera, such as a USB webcam or a laptop’s built-in rear camera.¹
  Enable Use Windows Studio Effects under Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Cameras > Advanced camera options.

For: Copilot+ PCs

• The context menu has a streamlined design that makes common actions such as Copy, Save, Share, and Open easier to find.²
• When a large image or table appears on screen, its context menu opens automatically.³

For: Copilot+ PCs

• Search results show more available settings, with a scrollbar to browse them.⁴
• Recommended settings offer an inline agent option for settings you recently changed.⁵
• A dialog explains when a setting cannot be adjusted further and offers an option to modify the settings as needed.⁶

For: Supported devices

• When Windows Spotlight is your desktop background, its context menu offers Learn more about this background and Next desktop background.⁷

• Drag Tray supports sharing multiple files, shows more relevant apps, and makes it easier to move files to a chosen folder.⁸
  Availability varies by device and market.
• You can turn Drag Tray on or off in Settings > System > Nearby sharing.⁹

• File operation dialogs, progress bars, charts, confirmations, and error dialogs have a more consistent dark-mode appearance.¹⁰
  Includes copy, move, delete, skip, override, and file-selection dialogs.
• Some devices begin testing a single entry point for sharing options in the context menu.¹¹
  The change is initially available to a small group of devices while Microsoft evaluates the approach.

• Keyboard character-repeat settings and cursor-blink settings are available in Settings instead of Control Panel.¹²
  Find character repeat delay and rate under Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard, and cursor blink rate under Settings > Accessibility > Text cursor.
• A Device Card on the Settings home page shows key PC specifications and usage details and links to About for more information.¹³
  The card appears only when signed in with a Microsoft account in the U.S.

For: Users with a supported ESS fingerprint reader

• Enhanced Sign-in Security will support peripheral fingerprint sensors in a future update.¹⁴
  Enroll a supported ESS fingerprint reader under Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options.

For: Microsoft account users in supported markets

• You can share OneDrive files through other apps using the options under Share using after selecting Copy link.¹⁵
  Requires signing in to a Microsoft account. Not available in the European Economic Area; availability also depends on device and market.

For: Everyone on supported devices

• You can add and manage mobile devices in Settings, including options to use a device as a connected camera or access its files in File Explorer.¹⁶
  Find the controls under Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Mobile.

For: Everyone on supported devices

• When you move between apps in a taskbar group, the previews transition as you hover over the group.¹⁷

For: Everyone on supported devices

• You can choose a default dashboard. When live weather is showing, Widgets opens the first dashboard in the navigation bar instead of the most recently used one.¹⁸
  Open full-page Widgets Settings and move the preferred dashboard to the top.
• Dashboard icons show the number of alerts, and their badges clear when you leave a dashboard.¹⁹

For: Everyone on supported devices

• The new OneDrive icon appears in Accounts and Homepages in Settings.²⁰

For: Users with supported pens

• Pens that support haptic feedback provide tactile responses during some system interactions, such as hovering over the close button or snapping and resizing windows.²¹

For: Everyone on supported devices

• You can enable or disable virtual environments such as Hyper-V and Windows Sandbox using Virtual Workspaces.²²
  Find Virtual Workspaces under Settings > Systems > Advanced.

For: Everyone on supported devices

• Video thumbnails appear when files contain certain EXIF metadata.²³
• An old white toolbar no longer appears unexpectedly in File Explorer.²⁴
• The Open entry for a file shows the icon for its default app instead of a generic icon.²⁵

• Settings remains responsive when you open Network & Internet.²⁶
• Settings no longer unexpectedly closes when you open the Microphone, Camera, or Location pages under Privacy & Security.³⁵

• The Automatically hide the taskbar setting no longer unexpectedly turns off after a message says a toolbar is already hidden on that side of the screen.²⁷
• Voice access can correctly interact with taskbar items when you call out their numbers.²⁸

• The first sign-in to a new account is no longer very slow.²⁹
• A lock-screen slideshow no longer causes a memory leak.³⁰
  Memory leaks can lead to performance or reliability issues over time.

• On all-in-one PCs, the brightness slider no longer unexpectedly reverts to the original brightness when you use it.³¹
• Some games no longer report an unsupported graphics card when the card is supported.³²

For: Users signing in with ECC Smart Card Logon Credential

• ECC Smart Card Logon no longer unexpectedly shows STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED during sign-in.³³
  The reported status is 0xc00000bb.

For: Everyone in the Release Preview Channel

• The Local Security Authority Subsystem Service no longer becomes unstable due to an access violation.³⁴
  The affected component is LSASS.

• File Explorer can search some SMB shares again.³⁶

For: Everyone in the Release Preview Channel

• Certain notifications no longer cause explorer.exe to hang and make the taskbar unresponsive.³⁷

For: Copilot+ PCs

• The File Explorer search box placeholder highlights the enhanced Windows Search.³⁸

• Keyboard backlights perform better on supported keyboards, helping keys stay clear in low light while adjusting to conserve power.³⁹
  Applies to supported HID-compliant keyboards.

For: Everyone on supported devices

• The About page groups device details and related options in one place, including a shortcut to Storage settings.⁴⁰

For: Everyone on supported devices

• References to Game Pass in Settings reflect updated branding and benefits.⁴¹

For: Devices with both recovery settings enabled

• Quick Machine Recovery runs a one-time scan by default instead of repeating scans in a loop when both specified recovery settings are enabled.⁴²
  Applies when quick machine recovery and automatically check for solutions are both enabled. If a fix is not available, QMR points to recovery options.

• Apps querying a monitor for all its supported modes are less likely to cause brief stutters on very high-resolution monitors.⁴³