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We know the Insider Preview version is the previsualization of Windows 10 RTM version, the new features in preview version will formally go online in RTM version.
In previous content we have introduced how to upgrade to Insider Preview version, so I believe many TechNet forum users have upgraded successfully and experienced these new features. Today we want to make a summary and let more users get a basic understanding of 19H1.
Now, if you're a Windows Insider enrolled in the Fast ring, there's a fresh Windows 10 test build to check out, on 2/20/2019, Microsoft pushes the build number up to 18342, there are a large number of fixes and general improvements for Insiders to check out.
What's new
Improving Gaming on Windows 10: With new build (Build 18342), the game now runs correctly with parental controls enabled, and the install process is more stable (including a fix for the game being stuck in "Pending" instead of downloading).
Linux Files inside of File Explorer: Microsoft added the ability for users to access Linux files in a WSL distro from Windows. These files can be accessed through the command line, and also Windows apps, like File Explorer, VSCode, etc. can interact with these files. Access your files by navigating to \wsl$\, or see a list of running distributions by navigating to \wsl$. You can learn more about this here.
New Chrome Extension for Timeline: Microsoft announce an extension that collects activities from Google Chrome browser and adds them to user's Timeline in Windows. You can download the new Web Activity extension now from the Chrome Web Store. Just sign-in to the extension on your Chrome browser with your Microsoft account, visit a site in Chrome, then watch it appear on Timeline – and pick up where you left off. Your Chrome activities will also sync with Timeline on Android devices using the Microsoft Launcher app.
Apps-related enhancements:
A new Office app is present and provides quick access to your recent documents and Office web apps.
The "Settings and more..." menu in Edge can now break out of the app window.
Search and Cortana
Search features a new landing page for recent activities and search-category UI along the top.
Search and Cortana are now separate.
Cortana will now start automatically listening when you click on its icon in the taskbar.
A new "top apps" area is present that displays your most used apps for quick launching.
General changes, improvements, and fixes [1]
The new tamper protection setting in the Windows Security app protects your device by helping to prevent bad actors from tampering with the most important security settings. The setting is now on by default for Insider Preview builds.
Have fixed an issue where Windows Sandbox would not start on localized builds.
Have done some work to improve error reporting in Windows Sandbox. Now the error dialog includes the error code and a link to the Feedback Hub.
Have fixed an issue where Windows Sandbox was unexpectedly throwing an error due to referencing a deleted file under Windows.old.
Windows Sandbox now captures hotkeys in full screen. Windows Sandbox now supports configuration files! These files allow users to configure some aspects of the sandbox, such as vGPU, networking and shared folders.
Improved the capabilities of the wsl.exe command line interface, by adding new features such as importing and exporting distros and consolidating existing features from wslconfig.exe, such as listing distros and setting defaults.
Have fixed an issue where if the Magnifier was enabled and set to docked mode, machine would crash and reboot on sign-in creating a boot loop.
Have fixed an issue resulting in build unable to log into WinRE with an admin account in the last couple of flights.
Have fixed an issue where if you unpinned groups from Start, apps might end up thinking their tiles were still pinned.
Have fixed an issue resulting in being unable to re-arrange pinned folders in Start's tile grid.
Have fixed an issue where the text explaining the Downloads section of Storage Sense had unexpected characters in it.
Have fixed an issue where Settings would sometimes crash when opening "Advanced Display Settings" from Display Settings.
Have fixed an issue where after changing an app's audio endpoint, it might no longer follow master volume changes.
Have fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to add a drive to the list of folders to exclude when setting up Enhanced Search in Settings.
Have fixed an issue with the Settings header at certain window sizes where long names might be truncated in the middle, rather than wrapping properly.
Have fixed an issue from the previous flight where right-clicking the desktop would bring up a light colored context menu in dark theme.
Have fixed an issue impacting Emoji Panel and Clipboard History reliability.
Microsoft have 've made another fix to address reports of devices getting stuck with "Hibernating…" text on the screen on resume from hibernate.
Have fixed an issue that could cause Windows logon to forget the last logged on user, and instead would display the sign-in prompt for the default user from the list after dismissing the lock screen.
Have fixed an issue where an issue where some of the Real-Time Protection options for Malwarebytes Premium are not able to be turned on.
Have fixed an issue resulting in Internet Explorer's menu bar not always appearing if enabled.
Have fixed an issue resulting in CDPUserSVC using an unexpectedly large amount of CPU for prolonged periods of time.
Have fixed an issue resulting in DWM crashing frequently for some Insiders on the previous flight.
Have fixed an issue resulting in certain games recently going into a black screen/not responding state if their resolution was lower than 1920*1080 and the game entered fullscreen.
Have fixed an issue resulting in certain games no longer rendering UI updates (appearing visually stuck) after using Alt + Tab to quickly switch away and back to the game.
Have fixed an issue resulting in significant video and audio lag when projecting videos from certain devices on recent builds.
Have fixed an issue where turning off Location from the Action Center might take multiple clicks to react.
Have fixed an issue resulting in single Unicode character insertion failing for IMEs, the touch keyboard, and the Emoji Panel in certain types of edit controls recently.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the left and right arrows on the touch keyboard inserting 4 and 6, respectively, in certain languages.
Have fixed an issue where newly installed apps might not show up in search results.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the Search pane becoming truncated if launched after rotating the device orientation from horizontal to vertical.
Have fixed a high impact issue resulting in a decrease in Start reliability in the last couple of flights.
Have fixed a recent issue where if you hid the search icon in the taskbar, a number of win32 apps would unexpectedly redraw when opening the Start menu.
Have fixed an issue that could result in unexpected flickering if you used pen or touch in certain win32 apps to launch a second instance of the app when in tablet mode.
Have a need to create a file that starts with a dot? File Explorer will now allow you to rename a file to be something like ".gitignore" – previously there would be an error siting that you needed to provide a name.
Have fixed an issue resulting in File Explorer potentially hanging when trying to rename, delete, or move MKV files in the previous flight.
Have fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders not being able to open Cortana when in Tablet Mode.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the taskbar blinking if an AC adapter was attached when the device had less than 20% battery.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the taskbar disappearing for a second when dismissing Start/Cortana/Search on a secondary monitor.
Updating the name of the "Windows Light" theme to now be "Windows (light)".
Have fixed an issue where Cortana's icon on secondary monitors wouldn't update colors after switching between light and dark theme.
Have fixed an issue where when using light theme + small icons + a vertical taskbar orientation, text written on the taskbar would stay white and thus wouldn't be readable.
Have fixed an issue that could result in open apps not being shown on the taskbar (but being visible in Alt + Tab).
Have fixed an issue resulting in greys having an unexpected slight pinkish/purple-ish tinge on some devices in recent flights.
Have fixed an issue that could result in DWM crashing after enabling high contrast.
Have fixed an issue in Ease of Access's Cursor and pointer settings, mouse pointer size and color are now retained on upgrade. There is a remaining issue with mouse pointer showing white color instead of the selected color after signing out and signing back in.
When using the Magnifier with larger pointers, it pans smoothly as the pointers change shape.
Have fixed an issue where navigation mode on Orbit display could not be changed.
Have fixed an issue where Narrator paused unexpectedly when reading through a PDF.
Have fixed an issue where users were unable to join or switch between Winds Insider rings.
Have fixed an issue where the Windows Security app may show an unknown status for the Virus & threat protection area, or not refresh properly.
Even though we don't know the specific release date of Windows 10 1903(April 2019 Update), we can experience and get familiar withon 19H1 firstly, hope this content can give you some hints. Look forward to meeting again!
[1] Reference link: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18342
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In previous content we have introduced how to upgrade to Insider Preview version, so I believe many TechNet forum users have upgraded successfully and experienced these new features. Today we want to make a summary and let more users get a basic understanding of 19H1.
Now, if you're a Windows Insider enrolled in the Fast ring, there's a fresh Windows 10 test build to check out, on 2/20/2019, Microsoft pushes the build number up to 18342, there are a large number of fixes and general improvements for Insiders to check out.
What's new
Improving Gaming on Windows 10: With new build (Build 18342), the game now runs correctly with parental controls enabled, and the install process is more stable (including a fix for the game being stuck in "Pending" instead of downloading).
Linux Files inside of File Explorer: Microsoft added the ability for users to access Linux files in a WSL distro from Windows. These files can be accessed through the command line, and also Windows apps, like File Explorer, VSCode, etc. can interact with these files. Access your files by navigating to \wsl$\, or see a list of running distributions by navigating to \wsl$. You can learn more about this here.
New Chrome Extension for Timeline: Microsoft announce an extension that collects activities from Google Chrome browser and adds them to user's Timeline in Windows. You can download the new Web Activity extension now from the Chrome Web Store. Just sign-in to the extension on your Chrome browser with your Microsoft account, visit a site in Chrome, then watch it appear on Timeline – and pick up where you left off. Your Chrome activities will also sync with Timeline on Android devices using the Microsoft Launcher app.
Apps-related enhancements:
A new Office app is present and provides quick access to your recent documents and Office web apps.
The "Settings and more..." menu in Edge can now break out of the app window.
Search and Cortana
Search features a new landing page for recent activities and search-category UI along the top.
Search and Cortana are now separate.
Cortana will now start automatically listening when you click on its icon in the taskbar.
A new "top apps" area is present that displays your most used apps for quick launching.
General changes, improvements, and fixes [1]
The new tamper protection setting in the Windows Security app protects your device by helping to prevent bad actors from tampering with the most important security settings. The setting is now on by default for Insider Preview builds.
Have fixed an issue where Windows Sandbox would not start on localized builds.
Have done some work to improve error reporting in Windows Sandbox. Now the error dialog includes the error code and a link to the Feedback Hub.
Have fixed an issue where Windows Sandbox was unexpectedly throwing an error due to referencing a deleted file under Windows.old.
Windows Sandbox now captures hotkeys in full screen. Windows Sandbox now supports configuration files! These files allow users to configure some aspects of the sandbox, such as vGPU, networking and shared folders.
Improved the capabilities of the wsl.exe command line interface, by adding new features such as importing and exporting distros and consolidating existing features from wslconfig.exe, such as listing distros and setting defaults.
Have fixed an issue where if the Magnifier was enabled and set to docked mode, machine would crash and reboot on sign-in creating a boot loop.
Have fixed an issue resulting in build unable to log into WinRE with an admin account in the last couple of flights.
Have fixed an issue where if you unpinned groups from Start, apps might end up thinking their tiles were still pinned.
Have fixed an issue resulting in being unable to re-arrange pinned folders in Start's tile grid.
Have fixed an issue where the text explaining the Downloads section of Storage Sense had unexpected characters in it.
Have fixed an issue where Settings would sometimes crash when opening "Advanced Display Settings" from Display Settings.
Have fixed an issue where after changing an app's audio endpoint, it might no longer follow master volume changes.
Have fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to add a drive to the list of folders to exclude when setting up Enhanced Search in Settings.
Have fixed an issue with the Settings header at certain window sizes where long names might be truncated in the middle, rather than wrapping properly.
Have fixed an issue from the previous flight where right-clicking the desktop would bring up a light colored context menu in dark theme.
Have fixed an issue impacting Emoji Panel and Clipboard History reliability.
Microsoft have 've made another fix to address reports of devices getting stuck with "Hibernating…" text on the screen on resume from hibernate.
Have fixed an issue that could cause Windows logon to forget the last logged on user, and instead would display the sign-in prompt for the default user from the list after dismissing the lock screen.
Have fixed an issue where an issue where some of the Real-Time Protection options for Malwarebytes Premium are not able to be turned on.
Have fixed an issue resulting in Internet Explorer's menu bar not always appearing if enabled.
Have fixed an issue resulting in CDPUserSVC using an unexpectedly large amount of CPU for prolonged periods of time.
Have fixed an issue resulting in DWM crashing frequently for some Insiders on the previous flight.
Have fixed an issue resulting in certain games recently going into a black screen/not responding state if their resolution was lower than 1920*1080 and the game entered fullscreen.
Have fixed an issue resulting in certain games no longer rendering UI updates (appearing visually stuck) after using Alt + Tab to quickly switch away and back to the game.
Have fixed an issue resulting in significant video and audio lag when projecting videos from certain devices on recent builds.
Have fixed an issue where turning off Location from the Action Center might take multiple clicks to react.
Have fixed an issue resulting in single Unicode character insertion failing for IMEs, the touch keyboard, and the Emoji Panel in certain types of edit controls recently.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the left and right arrows on the touch keyboard inserting 4 and 6, respectively, in certain languages.
Have fixed an issue where newly installed apps might not show up in search results.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the Search pane becoming truncated if launched after rotating the device orientation from horizontal to vertical.
Have fixed a high impact issue resulting in a decrease in Start reliability in the last couple of flights.
Have fixed a recent issue where if you hid the search icon in the taskbar, a number of win32 apps would unexpectedly redraw when opening the Start menu.
Have fixed an issue that could result in unexpected flickering if you used pen or touch in certain win32 apps to launch a second instance of the app when in tablet mode.
Have a need to create a file that starts with a dot? File Explorer will now allow you to rename a file to be something like ".gitignore" – previously there would be an error siting that you needed to provide a name.
Have fixed an issue resulting in File Explorer potentially hanging when trying to rename, delete, or move MKV files in the previous flight.
Have fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders not being able to open Cortana when in Tablet Mode.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the taskbar blinking if an AC adapter was attached when the device had less than 20% battery.
Have fixed an issue resulting in the taskbar disappearing for a second when dismissing Start/Cortana/Search on a secondary monitor.
Updating the name of the "Windows Light" theme to now be "Windows (light)".
Have fixed an issue where Cortana's icon on secondary monitors wouldn't update colors after switching between light and dark theme.
Have fixed an issue where when using light theme + small icons + a vertical taskbar orientation, text written on the taskbar would stay white and thus wouldn't be readable.
Have fixed an issue that could result in open apps not being shown on the taskbar (but being visible in Alt + Tab).
Have fixed an issue resulting in greys having an unexpected slight pinkish/purple-ish tinge on some devices in recent flights.
Have fixed an issue that could result in DWM crashing after enabling high contrast.
Have fixed an issue in Ease of Access's Cursor and pointer settings, mouse pointer size and color are now retained on upgrade. There is a remaining issue with mouse pointer showing white color instead of the selected color after signing out and signing back in.
When using the Magnifier with larger pointers, it pans smoothly as the pointers change shape.
Have fixed an issue where navigation mode on Orbit display could not be changed.
Have fixed an issue where Narrator paused unexpectedly when reading through a PDF.
Have fixed an issue where users were unable to join or switch between Winds Insider rings.
Have fixed an issue where the Windows Security app may show an unknown status for the Virus & threat protection area, or not refresh properly.
Even though we don't know the specific release date of Windows 10 1903(April 2019 Update), we can experience and get familiar with
[1] Reference link: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18342
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help.
If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.
More...