New Update Windows 11 25H2 quietly changes how desktop shortcuts work

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Windows 11 version 25H2, which is currently available for testing in the Dev Channel, is coming later this year. It is expected to bring a few noteworthy changes and upgrades, such as a redesigned Start menu, which will address plenty of user feedback and criticism. Interestingly, Microsoft also appears to be making some changes to how desktop shortcuts work.

While Windows 11 version 25H2 and its redesigned Start menu still allow you to create shortcuts by dragging apps from the menu to the desktop, the shortcuts' properties dialog is now different. In Windows 11 version 24H2, you can right-click a shortcut and check the path to the file in the "Target" box. In version 25H2, the box no longer shows the full path to the file.

Besides making things less convenient, this change removes the ability to add special commands and arguments to executables. Here on Neowin, we often report on experimental features and changes that you can only enable by modifying the shortcut's target. While it is still possible in Windows 11 version 25H2, users are now required to take a different approach.

There are no words from Microsoft regarding this change. It is also quite possible that it is a bug in the new Start menu.

Windows 11 25H2 quietly changes how desktop shortcuts work

Windows 11 version 25H2 is coming soon, and with it, an unexpected change in how desktop shortcuts work.

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[Sorrento]

From my reading 24H2 which I'm on is good until October 13, 2026? - If so it will be the first time I'm not going to update to the latest version in this case 25H2 until I absolutely have too

 

[oldschool]

From my reading 24H2 which I'm on is good until October 13, 2026? - If so it will be the first time I'm not going to update to the latest version in this case 25H2 until I absolutely have too

I recently updated to 24H2, so I'm in no hurry to get 25H2.