Microsoft has released the KB5095093 cumulative update for Windows 11. It’s optional, preview, and carries no security content, so it only installs if you ask for it through Windows Update or grab it from the Microsoft Update Catalog. It shipped on June 23, 2026 and takes both 24H2 and 25H2 to build 26100.8737.
The headline change is Point-in-Time Restore, a feature that rolls the entire PC back to an earlier state: apps, settings, and files together. Microsoft says the process finishes in minutes using restore points kept on the local machine.
How Point-in-Time Restore works
Under the hood the feature relies on Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), the same snapshot mechanism Windows has used for years for backups and restores. The restore points live on the disk itself and cover a maximum window of 72 hours.
The behavior differs by installation type:
- On consumer machines, an automatic restore point is created every 24 hours. Those points get deleted once they pass 72 hours or when the reserved storage fills up.
- On enterprise setups, the interval is configurable: 4, 6, 12, 16, or 24 hours, with matching retention options.
You can increase the allocated storage if you want more frequent snapshots. The point is to have a fast undo button when a driver update, a sketchy install, or a config change leaves the system broken, without falling back to a full reinstall.
The rest of the update
KB5095093 isn’t only about the headline feature. It fixes a Recycle Bin dialog bug where permanently deleting a file showed the internal Recycle Bin name instead of the file’s real name.
The emoji panel switches its GIF provider: it drops Google’s Tenor API and moves to GIPHY. Note one date here. If you don’t update before June 30, 2026, the GIF service stops working and you’ll hit errors when you try to use it.
The rest are smaller fixes: better Bluetooth connectivity and audio routing, File Explorer performance and rename fixes, accessibility tweaks (screen tint and magnifier customization), networking reliability, and voice access and voice typing support in French, German, and Spanish.
Who should care
If you run Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 and want to try Point-in-Time Restore, you’ll have to pull this preview manually from Settings > Windows Update > Check for Updates, or download it from the Update Catalog. Since it’s optional and ships no security patches, it isn’t mandatory; the final version of these changes will arrive later with the matching Patch Tuesday.
For anyone managing fleets, the configurable snapshot interval and adjustable retention make Point-in-Time Restore more useful than classic System Restore, especially if you want to recover user files and not just the system state.
You can check the Windows 11 release and support history on the Windows Desktop page here at LinuxGratis.
Source
Windows 11 KB5095093 update rolls out new Point-in-Time restore feature — BleepingComputer