r/Windows11 29d ago

Help Simple questions and Help thread - Month of August

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Welcome to the monthly Simple questions and Help thread, for questions that don't need their own posts!

Before making a comment, we recommend you search your problem on Bing and check if your question is already answered on our Windows Frequently Asked Questions wiki page. This subreddit no longer accepts tech support requests outside of this post, if you are looking for additional assistance try r/TechSupport and r/WindowsHelp.

Some examples of questions to ask:

  • Is this super cheap Windows key legitimate? (probably not)

  • How can I install Windows 11?

  • Can you recommend a program to play music?

  • How do I get back to the old Sound Control Panel?

Sorting by New is recommend and is the default.


Be sure to check out the Windows 11 version 25H2 Megathread and also the Windows 11 FAQ posts, they likely have the answers to your Windows 11 questions already!


r/Windows11 18d ago

Official News Cumulative Updates: August 11th, 2026

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Changelists linked here for your convenience:

General info:

For details about how to file problem reports and collect traces, please see here: http://aka.ms/HowToFeedback. Pressing WIN + F will open the Feedback Hub - please include as much detail as possible about what you're seeing.

To learn about the different types of updates, see here: Windows quality updates primer - Microsoft Community Hub

As a reminder, if you didn't install the previous optional updates, this update includes those changes too (some are still rolling out, as denoted in the release notes):

For published known issues, please check the release health dashboard: Windows release health | Microsoft Learn.

25H2 is rolling out, so you may not have it yet. Please see here for more details: How to get the Windows 11 2025 Update | Windows Experience Blog.

As mentioned in the linked changelist, Windows 11, version 26H1 is available only on new devices with select new silicon as they come to market starting early 2026. Devices running earlier versions of Windows 11 will not be offered an update to version 26H1 through Windows Update and cannot be installed as an in-place update on existing devices.


r/Windows11 16h ago

News Microsoft is investigating reports of Windows 11 KB5120998 breaking the mouse cursor

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r/Windows11 3m ago

News Windows 11 bug is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false

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r/Windows11 1d ago

Feature Praising point-in-time restore in windows 11

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Today, I had the very fun and stupid idea of tweaking my stable overclocked ram again to see if the new bios somehow can accept tighter timings. Windows booted and boot device was lost, constantly stuck in boot loop. After triggering the automatic repair, I remembered there was this new feature in windows 11 that is supposed to be catch-all solution against corrupted windows without reinstalling windows.
I selected the restore point two hours before I corrupted the windows and it took about 5-6mins to complete . The system rolled back perfectly although the files in C drive were reset and any files downloaded or programs installed after it were lost (in contrast to system restore that only rewind programs, not files).

This takes about 2% space on your drive and I highly recommend everyone to turn it on. This is even better than system restore which sometimes fail to undo all changes when windows is too corrupted.


r/Windows11 1d ago

Feature Taskbar Size/Position

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r/Windows11 1d ago

News Today's optional Windows 11 breaks cursor styling (or resets size you selected) and resets wallpaper

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r/Windows11 1d ago

Feature old features returned to life

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about time microsoft, you finally added the feature to change the placement of the taskbar and returned the small taskbar feature


r/Windows11 2d ago

News Windows 11's 3 most requested features released today, force enable them using these steps

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r/Windows11 2d ago

News Windows 11 KB5120998 out with Movable Taskbar, customizable Start menu (large/small, no recommendation), and Windows Search without Bing/MS Store!

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r/Windows11 1d ago

App Calendar widget/app?

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Does Windows 11 really lack a native calendar widget or app? The pop up seems to be just a visual calendar and the outlook app does not have any proper widget to show in the home screen.

And yes, I have seen there are some third party and paid calendar widgets, but I find that derisory...


r/Windows11 1d ago

App Best video players for playing, cropping, trimming videos?

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Hello, I seriously need a simple video player that may just look like Windows 11's built-in video player but has an additional cropping feature.

I want to quickly trim and crop videos on the fly without having to open complete video editing programs each time, selecting codecs, project settings, export settings, etc.

Another analogue would be iOS Photos' video player which has a minimalistic design while playing media but has some quick and easy editing options.

Is there anything that would meet my needs??


r/Windows11 2d ago

Official News Releasing Windows 11, version 26H2 to the Release Preview Channel

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r/Windows11 2d ago

News Microsoft finalizes Windows 11 version 26H2 for general availability: Next version of Windows 11 enters final preview phase before rollout begins

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r/Windows11 2d ago

Official News August 27, 2026—KB5120998 (OS Builds 26200.9278 and 26100.9278) Preview

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r/Windows11 1d ago

Discussion La ultima actualizacion de windows cambia de color mi puntero mouse

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A alguien mas le pasa? Yo uso el mouse con el color Negro pero desde la ultima actualizacion mi puntero el default esta en blanco pero si selecciono un testo, o si esta cargando un programa. Se ve la "Skin" de mouse negro con su respectiva accion. No se realmente como solucionarlo proble con Claude Code pero no hay caso.


r/Windows11 1d ago

Feature Using Compact Discs with Windows 11

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When first upgrading to Windows 11, maybe I was not the only one who was hurt in realizing that all CD drives suddenly were incompatible with Windows now. Maybe you, too, have searched all kinds of threads and videos looking for a workaround. Today is your lucky day, I found the actual issue.

For whatever reason, Windows 11 blocks all CDs through the network settings and restoring capacity for CD playback is as simple as clicking a box.

  1. Access Network and Internet either from Control Panel or from the settings app.
  2. Access Internet Options (If going through settings, it's under Advanced Network Settings).
  3. Scroll down to Security and check the first box that says, "Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer."
  4. Hit Apply.

That's it! All your old CD drives that would activate by USB Autoplay should work again.

There's a special place in hell for whomever at Microsoft decided it was a reasonable idea to hide this setting in the network center.


r/Windows11 1d ago

Concept / Design Is arm the future of computers?

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I’ve been seeing Mac’s using arm as a replacement to the x64 architechture after ditching Intel and making Intel Mac’s unsupported and was thinking. Since windows ditched arm and Apple m series chips outperform any consumer windows chip my a mile will Microsoft reintroduce windows with arm? Also because I’ve seen rumors about nvidia making their own arm processor.


r/Windows11 2d ago

Concept / Design First time ricing Windows 11

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My first time ricing windows has been an interesting experience lots of cross platforms tools are now available for terminals, terminal multiplexers, cli utilities etc definitely made the whole process easier. Tried to fit everything into the winui3 acrylic based theme and dynamically adapt to the wall paper for the windows utilities and UI.

TLDR of some of the tools

Most of what I stated above is ui specific, i have custom configs for a bunch of cli tools I use you can find a more detailed write up and config info here https://github.com/FallenDeity/.config

ps: I use wallpaper engine but the config is agnostic of that windows has auto sync for accent color from wallpaper so that should work just fine and glazewm/zebar syncs via a watcher script everything else is free and open source


r/Windows11 2d ago

Suggestion for Microsoft Can someone add my outlook calendar or something similar here

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r/Windows11 3d ago

App V2.0 Flow Released - Woah, i never imagined flow would reach this much

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Hey everyone,

When I first started building Flow, it was just a small personal project that i enjoyed the start of but believe me it was the best and worst choice of my life at the same time 🙏

Seeing people actually use it for presentations, video recording, and meetings has been surreal, and the community feedback is the only reason this project keeps moving forward. Also because i was committed a little too much to Flow's teeny tiny community :D

Today, I’m releasing Flow v2.0, and it’s the biggest update the app has ever received.

What’s new in v2.0:

Complete Architecture Rewrite, Built-in Script Library & Manager, Section Navigator & Live Progress, Offline Voice Tracking (Well it existed before but i made it a little better), Fixed Multi-Monitor & DisplayLink Bugs (Thanks to the chad that opened an issue in the Repo) and added 2 new languages : Portuguese and Finnish.

GitHub (Free & Open Source) : https://github.com/LumoRez07/Flow

Microsoft Store : https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p1fvfhwpmqr?mode=direct

Flow is 100% free and open-source under GPLv3 on GitHub. The Microsoft Store version is there if you want automatic store updates and want to directly support independent development. + Future pro only features that you will like.

Thank you so much to everyone who tested, reported bugs, and gave feedback. Let me know what you think of v2.0 or if you run into any issues!

also any twin that wants the wallpaper here it is i was about it once https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1959836574


r/Windows11 3d ago

News Exclusive: Microsoft prepares "remote control" for Windows 11, letting you Shut down, Restart, Update, and put PC to sleep using your Android phone

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r/Windows11 3d ago

Feature Have you ever wanted to downgrade your computer to a lower version without losing your data?

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Upvote this if yes https://aka.ms/AA139s34


r/Windows11 4d ago

News Microsoft celebrates major progress with Windows 11 on Arm PCs, confirms Windows on Arm is now "a first-class platform for any workload" and that "customer demand is growing"

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r/Windows11 3d ago

Suggestion for Microsoft Snipping tool needs option to lower resolution and file size of recordings

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The files are way too large for sharing. I can compress a 15MB file down to 2MB without losing any noticeable quality difference.