Windows 11 25H2 has borked the mouse and keyboard controls in the Windows Recovery Environment, because what would a major update be without a fresh batch of bugs

Retro 1990s style beige desktop PC computer and monitor screen and keyboard. 3D illustration.

Should your Windows machine run into major difficulties, you may find yourself staring at a blue screen. No, not the infamous Blue Screen of Death (which has since changed to the Black Screen of... Death), but the Windows Recovery Environment, or WinRE for short.

Here you can repair startup issues, access the command prompt, and adjust a whole host of important system settings outside of the regular Windows 11 desktop with ease—or at least you could, up until you installed a security update released alongside the Windows 11 25H2 update for many users last week.