KB5095091: Cumulative update for Windows 11, version 26H1, June 2026. Point-in-time recovery and NPU details arrive; Office launch issue remains

For: Magnifier users

• Moving Magnifier in lens mode is smoother.¹

• Task Manager shows more accurate CPU speeds for virtual machines after they resume from hibernation.²

• Apps and core areas such as Start, Search, and Action Center launch more quickly.³

• Automatic accent-color selection more accurately matches your wallpaper.⁴
  Applies when automatic accent color selection is enabled in Personalization settings.
• Your wallpaper is more likely to remain in place across restarts and upgrades, including when using large-resolution images.⁵
  Improves wallpaper persistence and helps prevent fallback to a solid color.

• Windows Hello performance improves when your device resumes from Modern Standby.⁶
  Optimizes the Windows Biometric service (WinBio).
• When face or fingerprint sign-in is set up and available, it becomes the default sign-in method. If you use your PIN three times in a row, Windows stays with PIN until you switch methods.⁷

• Windows Search finds and prioritizes files with names as short as two characters.⁸

• When creating a Dev Drive or resizing a volume, you can specify its size in gigabytes instead of only megabytes.⁹
  The option is available in Settings > System > Storage.
• Settings asks for User Account Control permission only when you choose to view temporary files, rather than as soon as you open the Storage page.¹⁰
  Applies in Settings > System > Storage.
• The update uses less disk space for the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file.²⁶

• Displays connected through USB4 docks and hubs turn on more reliably, especially when coming out of standby.¹¹
• USB devices are more reliable when certain unexpected hardware faults or conditions occur.¹²
  The USB3 stack gains additional resiliency and recovery measures.

For: devices with a sensor hub

• The update improves resistance to apps keeping the sensor hub powered on and draining battery.¹³

• Battery life and power use improve when HID devices fail or apps attempt HID transfers during standby.¹⁴
  Improves power hygiene in the HID and Input stack.

• The touch keyboard works more reliably on the sign-in screen, including when entering or changing a password.¹⁵
• Clipboard history opens and responds more quickly as you navigate it.¹⁶

For: people viewing Greek or Cyrillic text

• Greek and Cyrillic text displays combining marks more accurately and consistently.¹⁷
  Updates the Times New Roman font family to address combining diacritical mark positioning.

• Task Scheduler remembers column width changes in the task list between sessions.¹⁸

• Desktop app shortcuts load more reliably.¹⁹

• Downloads use bandwidth more efficiently and perform better.²⁰
• The Store gives clearer error reports when Windows Update group policy settings cause downloads to fail.²¹

• Windows is more reliable on sign-in and lock screens, in File Explorer, during touchscreen gestures, and when changing themes in Settings.²²

For: domain administrators

• Member servers can connect successfully to domain controllers set up before 2025 more reliably.²³
  Improves Netlogon secure channel connections between domain controllers.

• BitLocker Drive Encryption USB BIOS Logo testing runs more reliably.²⁴
  Ensures the required files are available for the test.

• The emoji panel uses GIPHY for GIFs. Install the latest Windows update to keep using GIFs after June 30, 2026; otherwise, the panel shows a “GIF service is not available” error.²⁵
  GIPHY replaces the deprecated Google Tenor API.

• Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security is less likely to block authentication unexpectedly.²⁷
  Resolves missing secure enrollment metadata.

• Reliability improves when explorer.exe closes the input switcher.²⁸

For: people running File Explorer as an administrator

• The OneDrive shortcut works again when File Explorer runs as an administrator.²⁹

• When permanently deleting a file, the confirmation dialog no longer shows an internal Recycle Bin file name instead of the original name. This issue might occur after KB5095051.³⁰

For: users of apps that use WNS

• Outlook and other apps that use WNS no longer stop responding because of the underlying issue addressed by this update.³¹
  Resolves the underlying issue that might cause Microsoft Outlook and other applications using WNS to hang.

• Recovery, reimaging, and booting from older recovery media work again in scenarios where Windows Driver Policy could prevent them.³²
  Changes the policy enforcement type while maintaining driver security protections for enforced devices.

• You can roll your PC back to a recent automatic restore point, including its apps, settings, and personal files.³³

• Magnifier gives clearer screen-reader announcements when you zoom, change views, toggle color inversion, or turn Magnifier on or off.³⁴
• Magnifier can enlarge permitted protected content.³⁵

For: devices with an NPU

• Task Manager shows more information about NPU use and apps running in an isolated container.³⁶
  Optional NPU and NPU Engine columns are available on Processes, Users, and Details; NPU Dedicated Memory and NPU Shared Memory columns are available on Details. Neural engines that are part of a GPU appear on Performance. An optional Isolation column is available on Processes and Details.

For: everyone; administrators can configure the modes

• Multiple apps can access the camera stream at the same time, and administrators can configure Multi-App Camera or Basic Camera mode.³⁷
  Enterprise administrators can set these modes in Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Camera > Configure Camera Options.

For: people setting up Windows

• During setup, you can choose a custom name for your user folder on the Device Name page. If you skip this step, Windows uses the default name.³⁸
  User folder names must follow standard Windows naming requirements.