Microsoft updates official Windows 11 ISO tool with the latest system updates

Shortly after releasing this month’s Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11, which brought traditional security updates and a new pack of features and improvements, Microsoft dropped a new version of the Media Creation Tool app.

For those unfamiliar, Media Creation Tool, or MCT, is Microsoft’s official app for creating bootable media and downloading official ISO files. You can use it to write Windows 11 directly to your USB drive or save it as an ISO file for modifications, such as skipping mandatory Microsoft Account, removing TPM and Secure Boot requirements, disabling default BitLocker encryption, and more.

These days, Microsoft updates the Media Creation Tool app every month, just a couple of days after releasing monthly Patch Tuesday updates. As such, users always have access to the latest Windows 11 build, which makes clean-installing the operating system easier, with no need to spend time on downloading additions updates afterwards.

With the latest update, MCT now downloads Windows 11 version 25H2, build 26200.8037, which is the March 2026 Patch Tuesday update. Note that the app itself remains on the previous version, which you can check in Properties > Details. The only change is that it now downloads a more recent Windows 11 build.

You can download the Media Creation Tool app from the official Microsoft website using this link. Besides MCT, Microsoft lets you download Windows 11 ISO as a file directly from the official Windows 11 website. However, you will need a third-party app to write it to your USB drive. Check out this guide if you want to know how to do that.

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Posted Saturday 14 March 2026 at 4:55 am AEST (my time).

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