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Build 22635.5025: Windows Insider Beta Channel, March 2025. Recommended File Explorer files and a slower-close fix

In short

Beta Channel Insiders who have not switched to Windows 11, version 24H2 updates get recommended files in File Explorer, a Start menu snap-group suggestion, and a fix for File Explorer closing slowly.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Windows Insider Beta Channel devices that have not upgraded to receiving updates based on Windows 11, version 24H2.

Build
22635.5025

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 2 changes

Start menu

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the new Start menu recommendation

  • The Recommended section may suggest two apps as a snap group when they are likely to be snapped together.1

Search on the Taskbar

Gradual rollout

For: Beta Channel Insiders in the EEA

  • Web search providers are better supported and easier to discover in Windows Search in the EEA.2

Fix 1 change

File Explorer

Gradual rollout

For: Some Beta Channel Insiders

  • File Explorer closes faster for some Insiders when they select the X button. Other title bar buttons may also have been affected.3

New feature 1 change

File Explorer

Gradual rollout

For: Beta Channel Insiders outside the EEA

  • Recommended files appear in File Explorer Home, with thumbnail previews, to give you quick access to files based on your activity. Personal Microsoft and local accounts get recommendations; work or school accounts get additional types. This change is not yet rolling out in the EEA.4
    Recommendations include files you frequently use, recently downloaded, or added to your File Explorer Gallery. Work/school accounts are Entra ID accounts.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2025-03-07
Type
Windows Insider build
VersionBuildChannel
— 22635.5025 Beta Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (4)
  1. 1. We are trying out a new change where we will recommend a snap group in the Recommended section of the Start menu based on two apps that are most likely to be snapped together. blogs.windows.com
  2. 2. Improved support for web search providers in Windows Search for the EEA, including with increased discoverability. blogs.windows.com
  3. 3. Fixed an issue causing File Explorer to be very slow to close for some Insiders when closing using the X button. This may have also impacted the other title bar buttons. blogs.windows.com
  4. 4. Recommended files in File Explorer Home are now available to all Windows Insiders who are signed in with their personal Microsoft account (and local accounts). blogs.windows.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 4 quoted passages
  • Quotes found in the official pages: passed
  • 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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