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Build 26200.5702

Build 26200.5702: Windows Insider Dev Channel, July 2025. Click to Do image descriptions and administrator protection

In short

Adds local image descriptions in Click to Do on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs and introduces administrator protection for Dev Channel Insiders. It also changes privacy dialogs and includes fixes across Windows.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Program in the Dev Channel, running Windows 11 version 25H2.

Build
26200.5702

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 12 changes

Taskbar & System Tray

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Unrelated taskbar icons no longer trigger random File Explorer preview windows when you hover over them.1

Search on the Taskbar

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • The taskbar search box no longer shows animations when animations are turned off in Settings.2

File Explorer

Gradual rollout 3 items

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • File operation progress dialogs appear when apps display them.3
  • An app shortcut pinned to the desktop keeps its proper thumbnail image after the app updates.4
  • File Explorer Home no longer flashes white when File Explorer launches.5

File Explorer AI actions

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Narrator scan mode works properly when reading bulleted lists in the result window for the Summarize AI action.6
    The fix applies to the Summarize AI action for Microsoft 365 files.

Live captions

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Changing live captions opacity in Settings now affects how the captions appear.7
    The setting is under Settings > Accessibility > Captions > Caption Style.

Dynamic Lighting

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Dynamic Lighting no longer occasionally uses excessive processor resources after you unlock the device.8
    The fix addresses the Dynamic Lighting Background Controller.

Graphics

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • In some full-screen games, the cursor and game content stay aligned after you switch away with Alt+Tab and return.9
    The issue affected certain games in full-screen exclusive mode when the game resolution did not match the desktop resolution.

Settings

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Settings no longer crashes when you open Language & Region under Time & Language.10

Other

Gradual rollout 2 items

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Some people no longer see error 2042 in Event Viewer about Windows Firewall configuration not being read correctly.11
    The fix addresses the underlying issue that caused the error.
  • Apps can come to the foreground when you interact with notifications, such as by clicking an Outlook notification.12

Improvements 3 changes

Privacy dialogs

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Requests for app access to your location, camera, or microphone appear in a centered dialog, and the rest of the screen dims slightly.13
    The permission prompts are system modal dialogs that take focus.

Windows Security

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels with Smart App Control in evaluation mode

  • Some Insiders may find Smart App Control turned on after it was in evaluation mode. You can turn it off in Windows Security.14
    The setting is under Windows Security > App & browser control > Smart App Control.

File Explorer

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Extracting zip files works better, especially for downloaded archives containing many small files.15

New features 2 changes

Click to Do

Gradual rollout

For: Windows Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs

  • Click to Do can create detailed descriptions of images, charts, and graphs. The descriptions are generated on the device, and the feature is rolling out first to Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs.16
    Required models are set up the first time you use the action. Support for AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs is coming soon.

Administrator protection

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel with the latest-updates toggle on

  • Administrators can perform admin tasks with just-in-time admin privileges.17
    Administrator protection is off by default and can be enabled in Windows Security under Account protection or through group policy.

Removal 1 change

Windows PowerShell 2.0

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel

  • Windows PowerShell 2.0 is removed from the most current Insider Preview builds flighted to the Dev Channel.18
    Windows PowerShell 2.0 is deprecated.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2025-07-14
Type
Windows Insider build
VersionBuildChannel
25H2 26200.5702 Dev Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (18)
  1. 1. Fixed an issue which could cause random File Explorer preview windows to appear when hovering over unrelated app icons in the taskbar. blogs.windows.com
  2. 2. Fixed an issue where the search box in the taskbar might show animations even if animations were turned off in Settings. blogs.windows.com
  3. 3. Fixed an underlying issue which could lead to file operation progress dialogs to stop appearing when displayed from apps. blogs.windows.com
  4. 4. Fixed an issue where if you’d pinned the shortcut for an app to your desktop, after the app updated, the icon may become a white page icon rather than having a proper thumbnail image. blogs.windows.com
  5. 5. Fixed an issue which was causing File Explorer Home to flash white again when launching File Explorer. blogs.windows.com
  6. 6. Fixed an issue where Narrator scan mode might not work properly in the action result canvas window for the Summarize AI action for Microsoft 365 files when reading bulleted lists. blogs.windows.com
  7. 7. Fixed an issue where if you changed the opacity of live captions in Settings > Accessibility > Captions > Caption Style, it would have no effect. blogs.windows.com
  8. 8. Fixed an issue in Dynamic Lighting where the Dynamic Lighting Background Controller would occasionally consume excessive CPU after unlocking the machine. blogs.windows.com
  9. 9. Fixed an issue where game content might become out of sync with the cursor position after using ALT + Tab to switch away and back from certain games running in full screen exclusive mode (when the game resolution didn’t match the desktop resolution). blogs.windows.com
  10. 10. Fixed an issue which could cause Settings to crash when navigating to Time & Language > Language & Region in the previous flight. blogs.windows.com
  11. 11. Fixed an issue which was resulting in some people unexpectedly seeing error 2042 in Event View, citing a problem with Windows Firewall config not being read correctly. blogs.windows.com
  12. 12. Fixed an underlying issue which could cause apps to not come to the foreground when interacting with notifications – for example if you clicked on an Outlook notification. blogs.windows.com
  13. 13. When an app requests permission to access location, camera, mic, etc., it is now a system modal dialog. blogs.windows.com
  14. 14. Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels with Smart App Control in evaluation mode may see Smart App Control get turned on in Windows Security. blogs.windows.com
  15. 15. Made some more improvements to the performance of zip extraction – specifically in the case if you were trying to extract a zip file that was downloaded from the web and contained many small files. blogs.windows.com
  16. 16. The new describe image action in Click to Do is rolling out to Windows Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, with support for AMD and Intel®-powered Copilot+ PCs coming soon. blogs.windows.com
  17. 17. This feature is off by default and needs to be enabled via Windows Security under Account protection or via group policy. blogs.windows.com
  18. 18. Windows PowerShell 2.0 is deprecated and in the most current Insider Preview builds flighted to the Dev Channel, is removed. blogs.windows.com
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