Windows 11 Build 26120.2200 (Dev) improves Dynamic Lighting

Windows 11 Build 26120.2200 is now available to Insiders in the Dev channel with KB5044376 (version 24H2). In this build, Windows Studio Effects have a special taskbar button that opens quick settings and reveals the app that use it. Dynamic Lighting has also got a portion of improvements.

Note: Some of the new features are first coming to users with the "Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available" option enabled in Settings > Windows Update.

For Insiders with the Windows Update option enabled

Changes and improvements

Windows Studio Effects

Windows Studio Effects offers AI-powered camera and audio enhancements on devices with a neural processing unit (NPU). Studio Effects is currently accessible via the Quick Settings menu in the system tray of the taskbar. To further enhance convenience, Microsoft has added a special icon to the system tray that will appear when using any camera app that supports Studio Effects. Clicking the icon will open the Studio Effects page in Quick Settings. Additionally, hovering over the icon will display a tooltip with the name of the app using the camera.

Dynamic Lighting

If compatible devices are not connected, the Dynamic Lighting page in Settings will display placeholder text and the brightness and effects controls will be disabled.

The Dynamic Lighting settings page now has direction options for the Wave effect - Forward, Backward, Outward, or Inward. The Gradient effect now has the option to select Forward.

Fixes

Start Menu

Fixed an issue where the All Apps list might stop working correctly if you clicked or tapped a letter in the All Apps list in the Start menu.

Taskbar

Fixed an issue resulting in explorer.exe crashing for some Insiders when hovering over certain app openings in the taskbar.

Settings

Fixed an issue where the Privacy & Security section had a blank item that, when tapped, would cause the Settings app to crash.

Input

Updated the "Indicate pointer location when pressing CTRL" option so that the circles displayed are now resolution-aware and do not appear too small on high-resolution displays.

Changes for all insiders

Fixes

Windows kernel vulnerable driver blocklist file (DriverSiPolicy.p7b)

New drivers vulnerable to Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks have been added to the list.

HTML Applications (HTA)

Fixed missing required components for HTML applications (HTAs) in ARM64 Windows PE.

Memory dumps

Fixed an issue where win32kbase.sys was creating kernel memory dumps when it was not needed.

User Interface

Fixed an issue where some parts of the UI would not display when launching certain applications.

Winlogon

Fixed an issue where a BSOD would occur when shutting down the system.

sfc /scannow

Fixed an issue where the utility found corrupted files every time the program was launched.

Disk Cleanup

Fixed an issue where the amount of disk space in the Windows Update Cleanup category might be incorrectly displayed after using this tool.

Known issues

Start Menu

[New] You may notice unexpectedly large gaps between items in the All Apps list in the Start menu.

Dev Drive

[New] Engineers are working on a fix for an issue where Dev Drive could potentially be unavailable in WSL.

Source