I have this issue also.
It's probably safe to say this isn't an issue with your system and is rather a bug in the codebase.
Strange characters appearing
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Anonymous
Windows 11 24H2 26100.3624
Haven't used this computer since early last month, just got the KB upgrade to .3624 today.
Has anyone else seen, or possibly know the reason why there are strange characters present?
After I saw them I ran a full system scan, as well as run all the Dism commands as well as sfc /scannow.
Right clicking on Start > System which brings up the System>About page. Under Storage it shows 137 GB of #$%^ used. The characters I'm seeing look like Chinese and they change each time I bring up that page. Any Ideas? Updated that system to .3775 today, and the problem is still present.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
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2025-06-20T04:42:24+00:00 I have the same problem