Windows 10: Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241.1000 (rs_prerelease) - Oct. 21

Brink · Oct 21, 2020

Hello Windows Insiders, today weâre releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.

Whatâs new in Build 20241

Introducing theme-aware splash screens for apps

Building on theme-aware tiles in Start, weâre introducing theme-aware splash screens for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. Now, when an eligible UWP app is launched, the splash screen color will match your default app mode. For example, if you have light theme turned on, youâll see a light theme splash screen, and if you have dark theme turned on (for the âdefault app modeâ&#157 then youâll see a dark theme splash screen.

Settings app splash screen before and after in light theme:

Settings app splash screen before and after in dark theme:

The following apps support theme-aware splash screens today:

Settings

Store

Windows Security

Alarms & Clock

Calculator

Maps

Voice Recorder

Groove

Movies & TV

Snip & Sketch

Microsoft ToDo

Office

Feedback Hub

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

Over time, more apps will be updated via the Store to support having a theme-aware splash screen.

This feature is rolling out to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel at first to help us quickly identify issues that may impact performance and reliability. Rest assured they will be gradually rolling out to everyone in the Dev Channel.

Enhancing your defrag experience

Weâre making a few changes to the Optimize Drives page (Settings > System > Storage > Optimize Drives), including:

Adding a new âAdvanced Viewâ checkbox to list all volumes including hidden volumes. Please note weâre still getting this one up and running, so youâll see the checkbox in this build, but may not notice any differences when you click it.

Listing more details in the âCurrent statusâ column when volumes are not available for defrag (for example, âPartition type not supportedâ and âFile system type not supportedâ&#157.

Adding support for pressing F5 to refresh.

Updates for developers

The Windows SDK is now flighting continuously with the Dev Channel. Whenever a new OS build is flighted to the Dev Channel, the corresponding SDK will also be flighted. You can always install the latest Insider SDK from aka.ms/InsiderSDK. SDK flights will be archived in Flight Hub along with OS flights.

Changes and Improvements

To help ensure Narrator users are aware of notifications on the screen, if a high priority notification appears while the computer is locked and stays on the screen, we will now also read it out when unlocking your PC and not just at arrival time.

Weâre removing the Japanese Address and Rinna candidate suggestion services from the Japanese IME â thank you Windows Insiders whoâve shared feedback on them.

Fixes

We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing APC_INDEX_MISMATCH bugchecks in recent builds.

We fixed an issue where scrolling and pinch to zoom were not working correctly on devices with touch such as the Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7 and others.

We fixed an issue where selecting an IME candidate or hardware keyboard text prediction candidate was sometimes inserting the candidate adjacent to the one selected.

We fixed an issue where new applications will fail to install with a Windows Installer service error on x86 systems.

We fixed an issue where when attempting to perform a Reset this PC using the Keep My Files option will fail with the error, âThere was a problem resetting your PC. No changes were madeâ.

We fixed an issue where robocopy wouldnât preserve the directory dates when using the move command.

We fixed a high hitting dwm.exe crash from the last few flights.

We fixed an issue resulting in the System Information window (msinfo32) crashing on launch.

We fixed an issue resulting in the System Information window (msinfo32) unexpectedly having a blank icon in the taskbar.

We fixed an issue that could result in Bitlocker encryption failing with error 0x803100b2.

We fixed an issue resulting in flickering in certain apps when the media controls pop-up was visible on screen and you moved your mouse.

We fixed an issue resulting in the screen flickering on certain devices when accessing the power options on the login screen.

We fixed a recent issue where closing a tab in Microsoft Edge while Task Manager was up and running could result in Task Manager crashing.

We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders seeing a âSorry, something went wrongâ message when running through the workflow to improve recognition for Windows Hello Face.

We fixed an issue from recent builds where if Settings was open when the PC went into hibernation, connected pens may fail to reconnect until Bluetooth was toggled off and back on.

We fixed an issue that could result in Windows Sandbox showing a 0x80070003 error.

We fixed an issue where a non-functional link to Rename your PC was displaying for non-admin users on the Projecting to this PC page in Settings.

We fixed an issue where the Activation page in Settings would crash if you navigated to it recently while not connected to the internet.

We fixed an issue in Printers & Scanners Settings, where clicking the Get App button available for some printers was resulting in Settings crashing recently.

We fixed an issue where clicking the Copy button under âView hardware and connection propertiesâ in Network Settings would result in extraneous lines saying âProxy Auto Detectâ appearing on the settings page.

We fixed an issue impacting certain VPN connections, where clicking the entry in the Network flyout wasnât doing anything.

We fixed an issue that could result in Windows updates failing with error 0xc0000005.

We fixed an issue that could result in windows.old being expectedly large for some Insiders.

We fixed an issue resulting in the new gesture to control the text cursor position using the spacebar on the touch keyboard wasnât working for some Insiders.

We fixed an issue that could result in Internet Explorer crashing when typing certain combinations into websites with the Dayi IME.

We fixed an issue where incorrect characters were being inserted into passwords fields when typing using the Japanese IME in Kana mode.

We fixed an issue where when using the previous version of the Japanese IME, if you set the IME to off mode during a composition, then immediately starting typing, it could result in the underlying app crashing.

Known issues

Weâre looking into reports of the update process hanging for extended periods of time when attempting to install a new build.

Live previews for pinned sites arenât enabled for all Insiders yet, so you may see a grey window when hovering over the thumbnail in the taskbar. Weâre continuing to work on polishing this experience.

Weâre working on enabling the new taskbar experience for existing pinned sites. In the meantime, you can unpin the site from the taskbar, remove it from the edge://apps page, and then re-pin the site.

Weâre working on a fix for an issue causing some devices experiencing a KMODE_EXCEPTION bugcheck when using certain virtualization technologies.

Weâre looking into reports where some devices are still experiencing a DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION bugcheck after taking build 20236.

Weâre investigating reports that some devices are receiving a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bugcheck on tcpip.sys.

Weâre working on a fix where after taking build 20236 devices running Malwarebytes Web Protection are no longer able to connect to the network. Users can roll back to 20231 and pause updates or disable Web Protection as a workaround.

Weâre investigating an issue reported by some Insiders wherein the taskbar is obscuring the Power button in the Start menu. If this is happening on your PC, you may need to use the Windows key plus X menu to shutdown for the time being.

Weâre investigating GPU Compute scenarios, such as using CUDA and DirectML, not working inside of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Windows Insiders on ARM PCs such as the Surface Pro X will notice that Windows PowerShell will fail to launch on this build. As a workaround, please use âWindows PowerShell (x86)â or âWindows PowerShell ISE (x86)â from the Start menu if you need to use PowerShell. Or download the new and modern PowerShell 7 which takes advantage of ARM by running natively. Plus the icon is prettier.

Mark your calendars for the November webcast

Join us on November 18 at 6 PM GMT | 10 AM PST for the next Windows Insider webcast where weâre taking a look at storage and disk management.

Watch Windows Insider Webcast on Twitch on November 18, 2020

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Important Insider Links

You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here, including a list of all the new features and updates released in builds so far. Not seeing any of the features in this build? Check your Windows Insider Settings to make sure youâre in the Dev Channel. Submit feedback here to let us know if things werenât working the way you expected.

If you want a complete look at what build is in which Insider ring, head over to Flight Hub. Please note, there will be a slight delay between when a build is flighted and when Flight Hub is updated.

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Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-in...w-build-20241/

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Lizette Ags · Oct 21, 2020

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Since you've already tried all the necessary troubleshooting steps, we suggest that you roll back to your previous version and then try installing the
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If the issue persists, roll back to your previous version. This time, we recommend not installing
Windows 10 Insider Preview 16215.1000 (rs_prerelease); then, send a feedback using your built-in feedback application to inform the programmers about your concern.

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