Home windows 11 customers who’re putting in the newest replace are having some severe points, from many accounts.

Home windows Newest reported that there are bugs within the preview replace – so sure, that is an optionally available replace, not one thing you need to set up – which can be inflicting main issues with Home windows 11’s interface in a technique or one other.

For starters, with patch KB5034204, some customers are apparently experiencing a glitch the place File Explorer – the folders and information on the desktop – is changing into unresponsive. This could result in the entire desktop going clean (all folders and icons disappearing) for some time, earlier than returning to regular, we’re instructed. Others are reporting File Explorer crashing whereas shutting down their PC.

Home windows Newest additional particulars stories of icons just like the Recycle Bin vanishing, taskbar icons not working, and even the Home windows 11 taskbar itself going lacking, as complained about on Reddit (plus it is a downside the tech website encountered itself).

The opposite subject people appear to be experiencing with KB5034204 is that the replace fails to put in. There are complaints on Microsoft’s Suggestions Hub that the set up course of reaches 100%, so seems to be prefer it has completed, however then crashes out with a message mentioning lacking information. Cease code errors (like ‘0x8007000d’) are additionally in proof with these set up mishaps.

Evaluation: Out of the frying pan…

Clearly, we have to take note of that it is a preview replace, which means that it’s nonetheless formally in testing, and optionally available patches like this aren’t put in until you particularly ask for them. As with all pre-release software program, you possibly can anticipate issues, in different phrases.

Even so, you may want an optionally available replace as a result of it supplies a repair for a bug you’re struggling with, and within the case of KB5034204, it resolves a few notable points disrupting video chats and streaming audio (and a misbehaving Begin menu, too, plus extra apart from).

Nevertheless, on this case, you would possibly swap one downside for one more when putting in this optionally available replace, and presumably a worse glitch (the wonkiness precipitated with the Home windows 11 interface outlined above appears fairly nasty).

That mentioned, there’s a resolution (sort of) for the lacking taskbar at the least, which is to press the Home windows key + X – apparently, that sees the bar come again, however its conduct should be odd going by the varied stories round this specific bug.

It’s disappointing to see set up failures popping up once more with this preview replace, primarily as a result of this was a flaw in proof with the January cumulative replace. Plainly Microsoft hasn’t resolved this but, then, and the worry is that it would nonetheless be current within the February replace for Home windows 11 (which this preview is an advance model of, as chances are you’ll understand).

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