June 2026 Patch Tuesday broke the Recycle Bin — how to update without getting burned

Microsoft's June 2026 cumulative update (KB5094126) was its biggest ever, fixing more than 200 security flaws. But it also shipped a string of annoying bugs across every supported version of Windows.

The most visible one hits the Recycle Bin: when you permanently delete a file, the confirmation box shows an internal code like $R4ABC12 instead of the file's real name. Microsoft has acknowledged it with a fix due in July. More serious problems include some BitLocker-encrypted business laptops rebooting into the recovery screen, and an OLE automation bug that crashes Word, Excel and PowerPoint when other apps try to drive them. A few PCs also fail to install the update at all, with errors 0x80073712 or 0x800f0993.

What to do: don't skip security updates — most of the 200+ fixes matter. But take a snapshot first. Create a restore point before you install, so if something breaks you can roll straight back. If you've already been hit, the Recycle Bin glitch is cosmetic (your files still delete correctly), and the install errors usually clear after a reboot and a retry.

This is exactly the kind of moment Tendvane is built for: it can create a System Restore point in one click before you patch, check that your update actually installed, and — new in 0.3 — read your reliability score and recent crashes so you can tell whether an update is behind new instability.