Microsoft today released the Windows 10 Dev preview build 20251, which belongs to the FE_RELEASE development branch, which is different from the MN_RELEASE branch that the Windows Insider team started using in May.
Naijatechnews.com is informed that the new Build from the FE_RELEASE development branch still does not match the specific Windows 10 version, which means that this is not necessarily for the Win10 21H1 version .
In addition, after switching to this new development branch, Microsoft warned Insider testers that some recent new features, including an updated emoji picker, a redesigned touch keyboard, voice input, and theme-aware splash screen, etc. will disappear. Will be added back later.
Here is the update:
repair
- Fixed the background that caused some dialog boxes in the past few versions to unexpectedly appear gray instead of white.
- Fixed the issue that caused some Insiders to hide the power button in the taskbar in the start menu recently.
- Fixed an issue that caused some Insiders to see the “SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED” error check.
- Fixed the opengl32.dll crash problem.
- Fixed an issue that may cause the “Settings” application to hang when checking for updates after the upgrade.
- Fixes that may cause the “Settings” app to send a notification that only displays “New Notification”.
- Fixed an issue that caused the search indexer to fail to retrieve metadata from HEIF and WebP files, so you could not search for these files using metadata such as shooting date.
- Fixed the issue that in the recent version, when clicking on the listed devices, the “cast to device” option in “Movies and TV” (and other media playback applications) did not do anything.
- Fixed an issue in recent versions that may cause your Miracast projection screen to freeze shortly after connecting.
- Fixed an issue that caused Insiders on ARM PCs such as Surface Pro X to fail to start Windows PowerShell.
Known issues
- Microsoft is investigating reports that starting from Build 20236, installing games from the store to a secondary non-OS drive will cause the secondary drive to become inaccessible. To prevent this from happening, you must change the default storage of new content to a secondary drive before installing the game. This can be done in “Settings”> “Storage”> “Change where to save new content”.
- Microsoft is investigating reports that the update process hangs for a long time while trying to install a new version.
- Real-time preview of fixed sites has not been enabled for all Insiders, so when you hover over the thumbnail in the taskbar, you may see a gray window. The experience is continuing to be improved.
- Microsoft is working hard to enable a new taskbar experience for existing fixed websites. At the same time, you can unpin the website from the taskbar, remove it from the edge://apps page, and then re-pin the website.
- Microsoft is working to fix the problem that caused some devices to encounter the DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION error check.
- Microsoft is investigating some issues reported by Insiders, where the taskbar obscures the power button in the start menu. If this happens on your PC, you may need to use the Windows key plus the X menu to temporarily shut down.
- Windows Insiders using ARM PCs such as Surface Pro X will notice that Windows PowerShell will not be able to launch on this build. As a workaround, if you need to use PowerShell, please use “Windows PowerShell (x86)” or “Windows PowerShell ISE (x86)” in the “Start” menu. Or download the new, modern PowerShell 7, which runs natively to take advantage of ARM. In addition, the icons are more beautiful.
- Microsoft is investigating reports that some users have seen error 0x80070426 when logging into various applications with Microsoft accounts. If you encounter it, restarting your computer may solve the problem.
- [Supplement] Microsoft is investigating a problem that after adopting this build version, no drives appear under “Settings”> “System”> “Storage”> “Manage Disks and Volumes”. As a workaround, you can manage your disk in the classic disk management tool.
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