Microsoft’s latest Beta Channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071), delivers a trio of long‑overdue selection modes to Click to Do, the AI‑powered action bar that first shipped with Copilot+ PCs. The update also patches a string of stability and user‑interface regressions that have been nagging Insiders for weeks, making this incremental build feel more substantial than its modest version bump suggests.
The new selection controls—Freeform, Rectangle, and Ctrl+Click—transform Click to Do from a single‑tap “act on one item” tool into a genuine on‑screen selection surface. Pen and touch users can now trace any irregular shape on screen, drag a rectangle across mixed content, or hold Ctrl and click multiple disconnected entities to gather them all for a single action. The change is documented in Microsoft’s release notes and immediately puts Click to Do closer to the productivity helpers already embedded in Snipping Tool and other screenshot utilities, but with the added muscle of Copilot+ AI models that can understand text, images, and charts in a unified canvas.
Alongside the Click to Do revamp, Build 26120.5751 smooths over several rough edges that have accumulated across the 24H2 preview track. File Explorer’s context‑menu icons shed their clunky backplate, taskbar app‑group animations get a motion‑polish pass, and Start menu layout glitches—including temporary shrinking after previous flights—receive targeted fixes. On the reliability front, Microsoft addressed a spike in Desktop Window Manager crashes, lock‑screen login issues with blank icons, and a Live Captions crash on Copilot+ PCs when using live translation. These aren’t flashy features, but they restore the everyday fluidity that Insiders expect.
As always, the beta comes with a list of known issues that testers should bookmark. A subset of Insiders may hit error 0x80070005 when the update tries to roll back; the workaround is to use Settings > System > Recovery > “Fix issues using Windows Update.” Recall users in the European Economic Area could see the feature break and will need to reset it via Privacy & security > Recall & snapshots > Advanced settings. And the long‑standing Xbox Bluetooth controller bugcheck persists—uninstall the driver through Device Manager if you plan to game with a wireless controller.
These fixes land in a broader context of rapid AI feature cadence that Microsoft has maintained through July and August 2025. According to a Windows Central roundup of Insider builds from the second half of July, the company has been back‑porting Qualcomm‑exclusive Copilot+ features to AMD and Intel platforms. Builds 26200.5710 and 26120.4741 extended Narrator’s image‑description generation and the “Describe Image” action in Click to Do to non‑Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs. Build 26120.5722 later added an interactive Click to Do tutorial, while Dev Channel flights introduced a Settings AI agent, a combined SCOOBE page, and a Task Manager CPU utility view. This pattern—shipping a feature on one silicon architecture, then expanding it across the Copilot+ ecosystem—now defines Microsoft’s AI rollout strategy.
The community’s reaction, captured on forums like ElevenForum and Reddit, has been mixed but generally positive. Early adopters praise the new selection modes for making Click to Do far more flexible, especially when summarizing a mix of text and an image or extracting data from a chart. “Finally, I can grab exactly what I need without three separate clicks,” one tester noted. However, several threads flag first‑use sluggishness on AMD and Intel Copilot+ devices, where AI model warm‑up can take several seconds after a build update. Microsoft acknowledges these reports and has been refining caching behavior, but for now, patience is required on the first attempt after an upgrade.
Privacy and enterprise controls remain top of mind. Recall snapshots are still encrypted locally and gated behind Windows Hello, but the company has yet to deliver a seamless key‑backup or migration path—meaning a Windows Hello reset could lock you out of your own history. For IT admins, Recall stays disabled by default on managed devices, and policy controls allow organizations to block it entirely. Microsoft’s sensitive‑content filters are active but imperfect; the company asks Insiders to flag missed credit‑card numbers or passwords through Feedback Hub. As Copilot+ PC deployments grow in the enterprise, these governance gaps will need closing before broader adoption takes hold.
Installing Build 26120.5751 requires being enrolled in the Beta Channel on Windows 11 version 24H2. Insiders who enable the “get the latest updates” toggle will see the newest features first; everyone else will receive them via Microsoft’s controlled rollout. Before jumping in, testers should confirm Secure Boot and BitLocker are active if they plan to use Recall, and enterprises should validate their management stack (Intune, Group Policy) can enforce feature policies. With a known rollback error and the Xbox driver bug still in play, it’s wise to keep a system restore point handy.
Industry analysts have framed this build as emblematic of Microsoft’s 2025 playbook: stabilize the core OS while layering on AI capabilities that feel native to the task at hand. The Click to Do enhancements earn particular praise because they close a gap between AI potential and real‑world usability. “The addition of freeform selection is the kind of small change that dramatically reduces friction,” said a Windows Central contributor covering the July feature wave. “It’s those little interactions that determine whether users trust AI enough to let it into their daily flow.”
Looking ahead, the Beta and Dev channels will likely converge further as Microsoft prepares for the next Windows feature update. The AI agent in Settings, the combined SCOOBE page, the notification‑center clock on secondary monitors, and the Task Manager CPU re‑design all point toward a polish‑heavy release cycle later this year. For now, Build 26120.5751 serves as both a utility improvement and a signal: Microsoft is betting that making AI selection smarter and more tactile will accelerate Copilot+ adoption more than any marketing campaign could. Whether that bet pays off depends on how quickly the company can eliminate the remaining rough edges—and how well IT teams adapt their security postures to a world where the start menu can understand what you’re looking at.