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Windows 11 KB5120998 Update Released with 35 Changes and Fixes

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Microsoft released the KB5120998 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 35 changes, including improvements to the Start menu, taskbar, and Windows search. [...]

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Microsoft's latest optional update to Windows 11 is causing headaches to those who decided to move forward. The package identified as KB5120998, corresponding to the compilation 26200.9278, promised to introduce quite some improvements...

·Lisboa, Portugal
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Sometimes progress apparently takes a detour of about five years. With the preview update KB5120998, released on August 27, 2026, Microsoft is bringing back a feature that Windows 11 had lost compared to its predecessor: The taskbar can once again be positioned at the bottom, top, left, or right of the screen. The update applies to Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 and also includes other changes to the taskbar and Start menu. KB5120998 updates Windows 1…

Microsoft has released an optional update for Windows 11 that allows users to move and resize the taskbar again. The Start menu can also be made larger from now on.

·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Microsoft has launched a new update (optional) for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows 11 25H2 that recovers some of the most requested features by users since the release of the Operating System. We are talking about Windows 11 KB5120998, an update that allows you to move the taskbar again, modify the size of the Start menu and remove the web results from local searches, among other things. The first thing to know as published by Microsoft is that, whe…

Task bar finally moveable, Resizeable Start menu: the August update was to embody the great quality cleaning of Windows 11. The first returns tell rather sliders from 1998 and black repainted offices.

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Windows Latest broke the news on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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