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Who should install KB5086672 and how do you get the update?
You should install the emergency update if you previously installed the optional KB5079391 update and experienced the issue described. If you didn’t install that update but now want to try out the new features and improvements, you can do so by installing this update. If you aren’t interested at all, you can simply skip KB5086672. Windows will show the out-of-band update KB5086672 via Windows Update for your computer, provided you’ve already installed KB5079473 or a later update. Alternatively, you can also download the emergency update straight from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
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