Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Builds with Touchpad and File Explorer Improvements

Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider builds 26220.8370 and 26300.8376 with touchpad scroll speed controls, File Explorer address bar improvements, free K-12 upgrade, and bug fixes.

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Builds with Touchpad and File Explorer Improvements

Microsoft has released new 11 builds for the Beta and Experimental channels. The builds are numbered 26220.8370 and 26300.8376.

Touchpad settings gain scroll and zoom speed controls

The update brings several improvements to touchpad settings. Users can now adjust scroll and zoom speed, enable automatic scrolling, accelerated scrolling, and single-finger scrolling. File Explorer gains support for double backslashes and quotes in the address bar. File sizes now display in KB, MB, or GB. Rename functionality has also been fixed.

Windows 11 build 26300.8376 touchpad settings improvements
The new touchpad settings allow users to customize scroll and zoom speed.

The builds include a free upgrade path from Windows 11 Home to Pro Education for K-12 institutions. This can be done via Clipupgrade.exe. Japanese IME reliability has improved with Administrator Protection. A WPN hang that caused notification issues and app launch hangs has been fixed. Desktop app icon shortcut reliability has also improved.

Microsoft has not confirmed when these features will reach the stable version of Windows 11.

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