With KB5045885, Microsoft has decided to disable the recently-introduced Gamepad keyboard in Windows 11

Microsoft has just released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.2213, or KB5045885, to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.

This build includes several bug fixes and improvements, many of which are rolling out to users now.

Microsoft is starting to roll out a new change that hides the IME toolbar when apps are in full-screen mode for those with the IME toolbar enabled and typing in Chinese or Japanese.

The new Gamepad keyboard layout for the touch keyboard has been temporarily disabled in this build to address some issues. This feature will come back in a future build.

This build includes the following bug fixes and improvements, as you can see below:

• Start menu: Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to see an unexpected amount of spacing between items in the Start menu apps list. Fixed an issue where the ability to pin/unpin apps to and from the Start menu was unexpectedly unavailable for some people.
• File Explorer: Fixed an issue that was causing the items in the navigation pane to become very spread out (with unexpected padding between each item) for some people. Fixed an underlying issue causing RAW images taken in portrait mode to display thumbnails unexpectedly in landscape mode.
• Taskbar: Fixed an issue where the X button to close an app window from the taskbar wasn’t working for some Insiders. Fixed an issue on secondary monitors for left-aligned taskbar users, where the widget’s text in the taskbar might overlap the date and time.
• Dev Drive: Fixed an underlying issue that could prevent Dev Drives from being accessible within WSL after the latest flights.
• Other: Fixed an underlying issue that could lead to DISM /StartComponentCleanup not working correctly, getting stuck at 71% and showing error 6842. Fixed an underlying issue causing the Get-WindowsCapability command to get into a state sometimes where it would fail unexpectedly until rebooted your PC. Fixed an issue where rotation info about JPGs couldn’t be queried via APIs (for example, via PowerShell).

Fixes for Everyone in the Dev Channel

• General: Fixed an underlying issue leading to some games not launching in the previous flight.
• Task Manager: Fixed an issue causing Task Manager to show a 0 count for apps and processes.
• Network: Fixed an underlying issue impacting DHCP. Unexpected duplicate options would fail lease acquisition, which could cause DHCP to not get an IP address, leading to Wi-Fi not working. Fixed an issue where DirectAccess wasn’t working and might stay stuck in a connecting state.

Microsoft is investigating an issue where your desktop background may not show correctly sometimes with multiple monitors, showing big black areas.

You can read KB5045885’s full changelog here.