Here are the changes, known issues in Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16241 for PC

Arif Bacchus

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Dona Sarkar and the Windows Insider team have just released the full glory of Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16241 to the desktops of Fast Ring Insiders everywhere. As is routine with these releases, there are a couple of known issues, and fixes which you need to take note of. So, before you take the big step of installing on your device, please have a look at them look below.

Known issues for PC:

  • IMAP email accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo, and Aol may not sync in the Mail app in this build.
  • Trying to use the dictation hotkey (WIN + H) in UWP apps won’t work – you’ll see the UI come up and immediately dismiss. If you’d still like to use dictation, the microphone in the touch keyboard will work. You can right-click the Taskbar for an option to show the touch keyboard button if it’s not already visible.
  • We’re investigating your reports that the Copy Link option displayed in Microsoft Edge when you right-click a hyperlink isn’t working in recent builds.
  • There is an issue with PC Games using the Origin overlay. Use of overlay may cause game movement to lock up.
  • We’re investigating your reports that after upgrading to the latest Insider Preview builds, some network settings are lost and revert to default settings. Static IP address configuration is reverted to DHCP. Networks which were marked as private are reverted to public.
  • After the upgrade, you will need to manually readjust your network settings back to your preferred settings.
  • If you have display scaling higher than 100%, you may encounter a bug where the hit targeting is offset when interacting with various parts of the shell. This is particularly noticeable in Action Center, where it might appear that nothing in Action Center can be cleared, but can also happen with the taskbar Jump lists and My People. If this happens, go to Settings > System > Display and change the size of text, apps, and other items to something else. Once you’ve done that, put it back to how you like it and issue should be resolved.
  • Some apps like Tweetium may not render the UI correctly and be difficult to use.
  • Windows Defender Security Center cannot be used to configure and list items for Controlled folder access, Threat History and Exclusions due to a crash in the UI. This is not affecting the real-time protection capabilities and will be fixed in the next build.

General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC:

  • The Pin to Taskbar option is now grayed out for InPrivate sessions in Microsoft Edge. Websites pinned to the taskbar from an InPrivate session on a previous build will now open in a regular (non-InPrivate) Microsoft Edge session.
  • We fixed an issue where Windows Defender Security Center showing an ‘Unexpected’ state depending on the implementation of the 3rd party firewall product.
  • We fixed an issue where the battery status on certain laptops wasn’t updating while the device is unplugged. Thanks everyone who shared logs to help narrow this down.
  • We fixed an issue from the last flight where apps that called into the firewall, such as Microsoft Edge and other apps using networking, might become unresponsive until you rebooted.
  • We fixed an issue from the last flight resulting in the Surface Dial UI not appearing.
  • We fixed an issue when in Recovery Settings if you chose “Reset This PC” > “Keep My files” the operation would fail at 1% and will revert with no changes to the system.
  • We fixed an issue resulting in an increase in UWP app reliability issues, for example in Microsoft Edge and Photos, in recent flights.
  • If you were still seeing Storage Spaces issues in 16237, please try again in 16241 and let us know if the issues have been resolved. We’ve made an adjustment to our previous fix.
  • We fixed an issue resulting in Windows Media Player displaying a class registered error when attempting to play music files in recent flights.
  • We fixed an issue where the touch keyboard wasn’t automatically displaying upper case keys at the beginning of sentences.
  • We fixed an issue where Storage Settings might show the size of C: as double the actual size.

So, there you have it, folks. The lists are a bit shorter this time, but Microsoft is always looking for your Windows 10 feedback! We wish you well in your downloading and remind you to please submit Feedback to Microsoft by sending in your bug reports and other issues through the Windows 10 Feedback hub!