Beta channel carried yet another build with several new changes such as Account Manager, Windows share, and Settings homepage. KB5036985 is the cumulative update to increase the version to Windows 11 Build 22635.3500. Once you will install this Windows Insider build, this will fix the Settings crash issue.
Full name of this release is Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Insider Preview (10.0.22635.3500) (KB5036985). Let’s see what is new in this build:
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Windows 11 Build 22635.3500 KB5036985 changes, fixes, known issues, download links
Here is the changelog:
Improvements and changes that are gradually being rolled out with a toggle on
Start menu
- KB5036985 begins the rollout of the new account manager to add to the Start menu. The new design of Account Manager allows you to view account benefits after logging in with the Microsoft Account. Managing account settings will be easier with the effect of this feature.
Windows Share
- After this change, you can send email to yourself using Windows share window to a Gmail address added to Microsoft account. This will reach your Gmail address.
Settings
- Windows 11 Build 22635.3500 is rolling out a new banner with an Add now button under Settings => Accounts page. This will allow adding a recovery email address if you haven’t added one for your Microsoft account yet. This will be visible on signing in with a Microsoft account.
- KB5036985 is putting forward a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. This card will come into view when you actively play games on your PC. Now Settings homepage will be available only on Windows 11 Pro and Home if you’re logged into Windows with your Microsoft account.
Changes being rolled out for everyone
Widgets Board Improvements
KB5036985 LCU kicks off a new navigation bar on the left letting you switch between a dedicated widgets dashboard and other combined dashboards like Discover. Consequently, developers can send notifications to the taskbar button with their custom dashboards for the Widgets board after this change. They can see the documentation on Widgets dashboards changes and their implementations.
To handle notifications from multiple dashboards, Widgets also furnishes more granular control over what content displays on the Widgets button on the taskbar. Navigate to Widgets Settings => Notifications and enable or disable taskbar notifications from individual dashboards.
Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to everyone in the Beta Channel
Widgets
- The experts are making some modifications to the Widgets button on the taskbar to make the icons on the taskbar clearer. The update is rolling out a larger set of animated icons too.
Known issues
General
- The experts in the team are investigating an issue where IIS and WCF may not work after installing this update.
- They’re working on a fix for the issue causing Settings to crash when copying text in certain cases. You can use the extract text option in the Snipping Tool until the issue is resolved if you are impacted. This is a new improvement.
Copilot in Windows
Beta Channel insiders who have the updated Copilot to act the tool like a normal application window may come across the following known issues:
- On All the three channels, Beta, Dev, and Canary, Copilot is auto-launching unexpectedly after reboot of the PC. Hopefully, a fix for this issue unrelated to the experience was tried out with Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels in early February. But it was stopped rolling out in March.
- In KB5036985, Voice access does not work reliably with the updated Copilot which introduces the ability for Copilot to act like a normal application.
- Windows Ink will no longer work with the updated Copilot.
Widgets
- Experts in the team are working on a fix for an issue causing Widgets to crash for some Insiders when interacting with the Widgets board.
Beta Channel insiders who have installed build-22635-3420 may encounter the following known issues:
- Swipe invocation function may not work for Widgets if the taskbar is center-aligned rather than left-aligned.
- Removing pinned Widgets from the taskbar may not work if taskbar is center-aligned rather than left-aligned.
- The Widgets board is located in the wrong position when Copilot is in side-by-side mode.
- Enabling/disabling Widgets may refresh the taskbar.
How to download KB5036985 and install
- Navigate to Settings > Windows update and click “Check for updates”.
- Wait for a little time and let the cumulative update install.
- In the end, select “Restart now”.
- If you want to install using ISO then download Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3500 go to this link.
- Select the version using dropdown there and click “Confirm”.
- Choose your language and once again select “Confirm”.
- Mount the ISO file and run Setup.exe.
Source: Windows blog.
That’s all!!