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Windows 11 Build 22518: Install WSL from the Microsoft Store, Context Menu Changes + MORE [PART 2]



This week, Microsoft released the Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22518 for Insiders in the Dev channel. The new build brings Spotlight collection backgrounds, an updated entry point for Widgets with weather, and the ability to install WSL2 from the Microsoft Store!

IMPORTANT: This build will not be offered to ARM64 PCs due to an issue that causes these devices to rollback when attempting to update to this build!

WHAT’S NEW IN BUILD 22518?
Install the Windows Subsystem from Linux (WSL) from the Microsoft Store
WSL is now available in the Microsoft Store. This is the same WSL you know and love but just a different delivery mechanism. Installing WSL from the Store will make it easier to get the latest WSL updates in the future. You can learn more about the Store preview at this blog post or by watching this video.

Starting in this preview build, we’ve made it easier for new users to get started with the WSL in the Microsoft Store by changing the `wsl.exe –install` command to install WSL from the Microsoft Store by default. Additionally, we’ve added some additional arguments to `wsl.exe –install` to make it easier to configure your install, such as `wsl –install –no-launch` which will install a new WSL distro without immediately launching it. To see a full list of available commands please run `wsl –help`. If you want to get started with the Store version right away and already have WSL installed just run `wsl –update` to update immediately to the Store version!

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS
● Starting with today’s build we’re rolling out an underlying platform change to improve the overall performance and reliability of the input switcher for Insiders using multiple keyboard languages and layouts. In addition to this, we’re updating the input switcher to now have an acrylic background. If you have any feedback for the input switcher, please file it in the Feedback Hub under Input and Language / Keyboard and language switching. [We are beginning to roll this change out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]
● Updated the context menu in File Explorer to make these options top level based on feedback:
● “Install” when right clicking on font files and .inf files.
● “Install certificate” when right clicking on .cer files.
● “Map network drive” and “Disconnect network drive” when right clicking on This PC.
● “Disconnect” when right clicking on network drives.
● The ability for personalized combinations of emoji based on face and skin tones of family members, couples with heart, kissing, and people holding hands which we began rolling out with Build 22504 is now available to all Insiders in the Dev Channel.
● Starting with Build 22509, we began rolling out a change to display your clock and date will now also be displayed on the taskbars of the secondary monitor or monitors. This is now available to all Insiders in the Dev Channel.
● We’ve added a new extra-large candidate height option for Simplified Chinese IME users under Personalization / Text Input in Settings.

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