Build 26200.5600: Windows Insider Dev Channel, May 2025. Click to Do text tools and a File Explorer loading fix

Adds intelligent text actions in Click to Do for AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, adds Settings FAQs, and fixes several crashes and hangs for Dev Channel Insiders.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. The Click to Do text actions are for AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs; Entra ID AI features are rolling out to IT-managed PCs in the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels.

Review notes Additional details from the official release notes (2) Read notes

In detail The long wait on the first attempt after a new build or model update affects Windows Insiders using AMD- or Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs.
In detail The Narrator image-description and descriptive-language Voice Access issues are reported for Copilot+ PCs.

The official sources are linked at the end of the page.

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

Fixes 10 changes

Start menu

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders

The Start menu is more reliable after fixes for several crashes.¹

File Explorer

Gradual rollout 3 items

For: Dev Channel Insiders

File Explorer Home no longer hangs when a deadlock occurs while it loads.²
Fixes a deadlock when loading File Explorer Home.
Hovering over recent documents in File Explorer Home again shows Shared by and Activity details in the tooltip.³
Closing File Explorer no longer causes explorer.exe to crash.⁴
Fixes an issue that could cause explorer.exe to crash when closing File Explorer.

Voice Access

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders using Spanish

Voice Access no longer crashes when using Spanish.⁵

Taskbar

Gradual rollout 2 items

Moving keyboard focus backward around the taskbar with Tab and Shift + Tab no longer leaves focus stuck on the taskbar frame, where screen readers might only say “pane”.⁶
Media controls in supported apps’ taskbar preview windows no longer flicker.⁷

Windows Spotlight

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders using Windows Spotlight as the desktop background

The “learn more about this picture” flyout no longer might remain above other app windows when Windows Spotlight is the desktop background.⁸

Live captions

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders

Live captions no longer crash as they did in the previous build.⁹

Printing

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders

Some apps, including Word, no longer hang when you try to print.¹⁰

New features 4 changes

Click to Do

On AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, you can select text and ask Click to Do to summarize it, make a bulleted list, or rewrite it.¹¹
The actions use the on-device Phi Silica small language model. They require English as the default language, at least 10 selected words, and a signed-in Microsoft or Microsoft Entra account. The actions are locally moderated and are also available in Click to Do in Recall.

Settings

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders

The Settings > System > About page adds a FAQs section with answers about your PC and Windows 11.¹²

Paint

Gradual rollout

For: IT-managed PCs in the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels

On IT-managed PCs, Entra ID unlocks AI tools in Paint for creating images from a sketch and text prompt, and adding elements to selected canvas areas from a description.¹³
Requires Paint version 11.2503.381.0 or higher. Entra ID enables Cocreator and Generative Fill for commercial customers.

Notepad

Gradual rollout

For: IT-managed PCs in the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels

On IT-managed PCs, Entra ID unlocks AI tools to quickly summarize or rewrite text in Notepad.¹³
Requires Notepad version 11.2503.16.0 or higher.

Improvements 3 changes

Click to Do (Preview)

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders using French or Spanish as their primary language

For PCs set to French or Spanish as the primary language, Click to Do temporarily offers Summarize, Create a bulleted list, and Refine, but not Rewrite and its options.¹⁴

Dynamic Lighting

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders with compatible Dynamic Lighting devices

You can safely remove compatible Dynamic Lighting devices using the taskbar’s Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon.¹⁵

MMC

Gradual rollout

For: Dev Channel Insiders using MMC

Selected items have improved colors, including when contrast modes are enabled.¹⁶
The color changes apply in MMC.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released: 2025-05-12
Type: Windows Insider build

Version	Build	Channel
25H2	26200.5600	Dev Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Windows Insider Blog

Updated Oct 27, 2026

Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (16)

1. Fixed a few crashes impacting Start menu reliability for Insiders in recent flights. blogs.windows.com
2. Fixed a deadlock which could occur when loading File Explorer Home, causing it to hang. blogs.windows.com
3. Fixed an issue where Shared by and Activity information was missing in the tooltip when hovering over recent documents in File Explorer Home. blogs.windows.com
4. Fixed an issue which could cause explorer.exe to crash when closing File Explorer. blogs.windows.com
5. Fixed an issue which was causing voice access crashes when using Spanish. blogs.windows.com
6. Fixed an issue where when using Tab and Shift + Tab to move keyboard focus around the taskbar, if you went backwards at least once you could get keyboard focus stuck on the taskbar frame blogs.windows.com
7. Fixed an issue which could cause the media controls in the preview windows for apps in the taskbar (that support it) to flicker. blogs.windows.com
8. Fixed an issue where the Windows Spotlight flyout for “learn more about this picture” (when using it as your desktop background) might get stuck above other app windows. blogs.windows.com
9. Fixed an issue causing live captions to crash in the previous build. blogs.windows.com
10. Fixed an underlying issue which could make some apps like Word hang when trying to print. blogs.windows.com
11. Use WIN key + mouse-click or WIN + Q to select a text block and then drag to select the text that you want. You’ll see options to Summarize, Create a bulleted list, or to help you Rewrite your text blogs.windows.com
12. We’re making it easy to find answers to common questions about your PC and Windows 11 with a dedicated FAQs section on the Settings > System > About page blogs.windows.com
13. We are rolling out Entra ID support for AI features in Paint (version 11.2503.381.0 and higher) and Notepad (version 11.2503.16.0 and higher) to Windows Insiders on IT-managed PCs in the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels. blogs.windows.com
14. For Windows Insiders using French or Spanish as their primary language on their PC, Click to Do will temporarily only provide Summarize, Create a bulleted list, Refine as intelligent text actions. blogs.windows.com
15. Dynamic Lighting compatible devices can now be safely removed using the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” taskbar icon. blogs.windows.com
16. Improved the colors used in MMC when items are selected, both generally, and when contrast modes are enabled. blogs.windows.com

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