Microsoft battles more bugs in Windows 11 24H2 with new round of patches

Microsoft continues its quest to vanquish bugs from Windows 11 24H2, and the latest update seems to fix a number of them. Released this past Tuesday, KB5052093 is an optional update, which means you may have to wait for it to appear or manually download and install it if you're in a hurry.

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Some of the new features and fixes are rolling out gradually, so you might not see them right away. But if you do forge ahead with the update, here's what you'll find sooner or later.

Squashed bugs

Let's start with the squashed bugs. As one glaring example, File Explorer has been plagued by several glitches in Windows 11 24H2, many of which should now be fixed.

The KB5052093 update improves performance in File Explorer when loading files that contain a large number ...