Microsoft Rolls Out 3 Months of Windows 11 Fixes, Adding Taskbar Moves and Faster Updates
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Updated · TechRadar · Jul 4
Microsoft Rolls Out 3 Months of Windows 11 Fixes, Adding Taskbar Moves and Faster Updates
3 articles · Updated · TechRadar · Jul 4
Summary
Three months into its Windows 11 repair push, Microsoft has added taskbar repositioning, a compact taskbar, a more customizable Start menu and cleaner widgets and search results.
Update changes target daily friction: Windows 11 Home users can delay updates indefinitely, more patches will be bundled to cut reboots, and new safeguards aim to reduce installation failures.
Performance work centers on File Explorer, WinUI 3 and a low-latency CPU boost for launching apps and menus, alongside faster installation, a driver-quality program and point-in-time restore.
Much of the overhaul is still in testing, but Microsoft has expanded feedback panels and tester studies as it tries to address long-running complaints about the operating system.
Bug control remains the biggest gap: recent glitches hit the Recycle Bin and storage usage, and a fix for one storage bug is only now arriving in the July update preview.