Windows 10 - Build 14267 - Some small changes

On Feb 18, MS released Redstone branch build 14267 to Fast Ring Insiders.

 According to the MS Blog here are the new features/fixes for 14267
  • Search for music easier in Cortana: We have made it easier to invoke music search in Cortana by adding a music search icon to the top right of Cortana. You can now open Cortana on your PC and click on the music search icon to have Cortana listen and search for the song that’s playing.
  • Favorites bar improvements in Microsoft Edge: If you have the favorites bar enabled in Microsoft Edge, you can now right-click on the favorites bar and choose to have it only show the favicons only. You can also right-click to add new folders in your favorites bar as well.
  • Clear browsing data when you exit Microsoft Edge: You can now choose to have your browsing data cleared when you exit Microsoft Edge. Just click on the three dots at the top right in Microsoft Edge and go into Settings, click on the “Choose what to clear” button under “Clear browser data” and enable “Always clear this after I close the browser” after choosing what data you want cleared.
  • Improved Download Prompts in Microsoft Edge: You can now configure Microsoft Edge to show a prompt when you start a download, allowing you to choose where to save the file. Just open the Microsoft Edge settings pane (the three dots at the top right) and look for the option under “Downloads settings”.
  • Messaging + Skype improvements: You can now attach photos to your Skype messages by clicking or tapping on the paperclip icon at the lower left as you’re composing a new Skype message to a contact. Additionally, you can also invoke the Camera app to take a photo to attach to your Skype message too or send along your location.
  • Choosing “Reset This PC” under Settings > Update & Security > Recovery should now work as expected.
  • You should no longer see a WSClient.dll error dialog after logging in.
  • The front-facing camera should be usable again on PCs with Intel RealSense cameras and you should be able to use Windows Hello again.
  • We fixed an issue where incorrect storage capacity was provided for the system volume (the hard drive in which Windows is installed on) under Settings > System > Storage

As with previous builds I installed on desktop, laptop and tablet devices with no issues - updates are smooth and relatively quick considering the cumulative nature of Windows 10 releases.  

There are still a few niggling problems with my current app set.   First is Outlook 2016.  Like Windows I'm a member of the Office Insider and have one the updated builds - but Windows 10 can not properly display the Outlook 2016 tile - the graphics are missing.   Even removal of the tile and replacement does not fix the issue.

Second is the Fitbit App.  Synchronizing via the BT dongle shows errors and not being able to find the "tracker" but yet sometimes the data updates.  The issue is the same with Windows Mobile and I believe the real issue is with FitBit and not Windows.  

So to be honest - I really don't use Cortana or Edge on my desktops and laptops so the changes here don't really impact me.  For example much of the information I get from Cortana is simply redundant to the content in the various MSN apps.  Sure it's a little more consolidated - but BFD.  and I don't use it for search.  

Similarly I use Chrome as my default browser and really don't even think using about Edge.  In my opinion MS made a huge mistake by putting Edge out front before it was ready.  While in the past I may have launched either IE or Chrome - now it's purely Chrome.  the poor experience with Edge in the the early builds turned me off to it and I don't have any real reason to go back.

Bottom line here is that Redstone is inching along.  The changes from 10586 are subtle so it's just a wait and see now about how many new capabilities, features are actually going to be included between now and release sometime in June.



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