Microsoft celebrates Windows 10’s fifth anniversary with Build 20180

Five years have passed since the Windows maker introduced its Windows as a Service concept, with the release of Windows 10. Since then, Microsoft has released two feature updates focused on new features and enhancements almost every year, along with cumulative updates. Regular monthly error-focused fixes With more than a billion active devices running on Windows 10, the software maker is considering unveiling Windows 10X next year, which will be an expression of Windows 10 initially designed exclusively for foldable devices.

Celebrating its anniversary today, the company is releasing a new build for Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel (formerly known as Fast ring).

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Hey people! Windows 10 anniversary and a new flight! We have a new build for #WindowsInsiders on the Dev channel: see Build 20180. https://t.co/GIL5ZqU2Ye #AreYouFlightingYet ^ AL pic.twitter.com/7kKKULwrBk

– Windows Insider (@windowsinsider) July 29, 2020

Here is the complete changelog of Windows 10 Build 20180

What is new in Build 20180?

We are activating many of the new features mentioned on July 1 in Build 20161, including themed tiles in Start. The new pinned sites capability mentioned with last week’s Build 20175 flight is still only available to a subset of Insiders.

Developer updates

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

Windows 10 build 20180: changes and improvements

• Based on the feedback, we’re changing the tablet’s posture logic for 2-in-1 devices so that it now only applies when using a single screen.
• Based on the comments, we’re updating the new folder icon in the All Apps list on the Start menu to make it a little smaller, so it aligns better with the size of the other icons.
• We’ve updated the search box on the Default Apps settings pages to improve performance.

Windows 10 build 20180: fixes

• We fixed an issue on the last flight where Magnifier did not follow the cursor in the previous build when the zoom was greater than 100%.
• We fixed an issue where Task Manager was not displaying the publisher name for UWP apps.
• We fixed an issue using the Pinyin IME where playing “/” on the keyboard would not produce the correct character when using full width mode.
• We fixed a couple of issues that could lead to crashes when using Alt + Tab to switch to browser tabs.

Build 20180: Known Issues

• We are working to fix an issue where some Microsoft Store games protected with Easy Anti-Cheat may fail to start.
• We are looking for reports that the update process hangs for long periods of time when trying to install a new build.
• We are working on a solution for an issue where the min / max / close buttons are stuck in their original positions after resizing a UWP application. If you move the application window, the position should be updated.
• We are investigating reports that the new taskbar experience described above does not work for some pinned sites.
• We are working to fix an issue where sometimes the “close all windows” action on the taskbar does not close not all open tabs
• We are working on a solution to enable live preview of pinned site tabs.
• We are working to enable 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 dock the site again.
• We are working to resolve an issue where pinned sites do not display all open tabs for a domain. In the meantime, you can fix this by setting the site home page instead of a specific page (for example, pin microsoft.com instead of microsoft.com/windows).
• We are working on a solution for an issue where Alt + Tab on a browser tab sometimes moves the previously active browser tab to the front of the Alt + Tab list.
• Opening a WSL 1 distribution may result in the error: ‘The I / O operation has been canceled due to a thread exit or an application request’. Check this edition of Github for the latest updates.

For more details, head over to the official blog post.