Windows 11 Copilot might be causing your desktop icons to fly between displays
The Copilot experience might be unavailable for users leveraging the multimonitor configuration on Windows 11.
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What you need to know
There was a lot of excitement revolving around October’s Windows 11 22H2 preview cumulative update,KB5031455, which shipped with many new features, includingthe much-anticipated Windows Copilot(Windows 11’s integrated AI assistant).
However, the update also shipped with an issue causing desktop icons to move sporadically and jump between displays on Windows 11.According to Microsoft:
“Windows devices using more than one (1) monitor might experience issues with desktop icons moving unexpectedly between monitors or other icon alignment issues when attempting to use Copilot in Windows (in preview).”
Has the issue been patched?
While Microsoft continues to work on fixing the issue, the Copilot experience onWindows 11might be unavailable for some users (especially on devices leveraging the multimonitor configuration).
The company stated it would provide additional information regarding the issue in an upcoming release, possibly remedying the situation.
It’s also possible that you might encounter another issue,as outlined below by Microsoft:
Using theFixedDrivesEncryptionTypeorSystemDrivesEncryptionTypepolicy settings in theBitLocker configuration service provider (CSP)node in mobile device management (MDM) apps might incorrectly show a 65000 error in the “Require Device Encryption” setting for some devices in your environment. Affected environments are those with the “Enforce drive encryption type on operating system drives” or “Enforce drive encryption on fixed drives” policies set to enabled and selecting either “full encryption” or “used space only.” Microsoft Intune is affected by this issue but third-party MDMs might also be affected.
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The issue won’t affect drive encryption or the reporting of other device problems, including other BitLocker issues, as it’s a reporting issue only.
Have you encountered this odd occurrence affecting desktop icons on Windows 11?Please share your experience with us in the comments.
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