Microsoft has confirmed a new bug in Windows 11’s June 2026 update where Recycle Bin prompts show misleading internal file names, but the company says you don’t have to worry, as your files are still safe as long as you haven’t permanently purged them. I was able to reproduce this behavior on all PCs with the June 2026 Update.
In our tests, Windows Latest observed that the Recycle Bin shows incorrect file names in the confirmation dialog. For example, I tried deleting an Excel file with the clean name “windowslatest-performance,” but the confirmation dialog showed a different name, which appears to be the name of an internal file.
As you can see in the above screenshot, I’m now looking at an internal filename “$R9K06N2,” but if I click “Yes” and proceed to delete it, only the actual file is deleted, not the internal Recycle Bin file.
Windows 11 KB5094126 bug does not affect the Recycle Bin’s ability to delete or restore files, and the original names appear correctly in the bin list. Only the confirmation dialog is affected.
“This issue affects only the confirmation dialog. In the Recycle Bin, the item still appears with its original file name,” Microsoft noted in a support document spotted by Windows Latest. “If you restore the item, Windows restores it using the original file name.”
Microsoft says it has identified the root cause, and it plans to patch it in the next cumulative update, but those who are affected and use Windows 11 Enterprise in their organization should reach out to Microsoft’s support. I’m told that Microsoft support is offering a workaround for affected business devices.
However, consumer PCs, which are also affected by the Recycle Bin bug, need to wait for the next cumulative update.
Windows 11’s June 2026 update is causing major problems
The last few Windows updates have been quite stable, and based on our tests, the last buggiest release was the January 2026 Patch Tuesday. I wasn’t expecting things to go haywire with the June 2026 update, but it’s causing several major problems, including a bug that causes BitLocker recovery and BSODs.
These issues were spotted by Windows Latest, and Microsoft is now slowly admitting the problems one by one.
In our tests, Windows Latest found that Windows 11 KB5094126 breaks Office app integration in other apps, so if you try to open Word, PowerPoint, or Excel from third-party software, Office will crash.
You won’t be able to open any of the Office apps this way, but I found that if you search for Office apps from the Start menu and try opening your files, it will work.
Office does not work only when you access it via a third-party app, such as through a button that opens a file in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.
In an updated document, Microsoft finally admitted the Office apps problem that we found in our tests and confirmed that it’ll patch it in the next Windows update, which is scheduled for July 14, 2026.
