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New Windows 10 Insider Preview packs more exciting changes
Microsoft released another Windows 10 Insider Preview for the upcoming Creator's update this week that includes additional tweaks, including some Cortana customizations and new support for e-books.
The biggest change is probably the support for e-books, including a new Books Library where you can view everything you've purchased. It's technically part of the Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft said, and will sit "next to your favorites, history, downloads and reading list." Windows 10 supports interactive reading, allowing users to "search for words or phrases and ask Cortana to define specific words and view embedded video and audio content," Microsoft said. It also supports EPUB and PDF books.
Cortana has a few tweaks, too. Microsoft said it increased the text in Cortana notifications so that they're easier to view. It also tweaked the Cortana search box so that the background is a bit lighter, perhaps making it easier for new users to understand it can also be used for typing text search queries. Microsoft also added a new custom color picker for accent colors, so users can pick any RGB/HSV/HEX value as their accent color.
There are a few other changes to Wi-Fi and power management in addition to the usual bug fixes and performance enhancements. Windows 10 Insiders can get the new preview now, or browse through the rest of the changes below:
Other changes, improvements, and fixes for PC
You may see the Mail app pinned to your Taskbar after updating to Build 15014. The Mail app is now pinned by default to the Taskbar starting with the Windows 10 Creators Update. If you unpin the Mail app after this change, it will not return. ADDED: If you have Outlook 2016 (or previous Outlook releases), Yahoo! Mail, or TouchMail pinned to your taskbar – the Mail app won't get pinned.
Some of our more nerdy Insiders will notice that build branch strings and timestamps have been replaced with static values in the version resources of OS binaries (for example – in the properties of a OS-specific .dll file). We compile builds for a lot of engineering branches every day. Each branch would produce nearly identically binaries except for the build branch string and timestamps. Rather than rebuilding all binaries, we will only build binaries that have changed. With this change we can now share binaries across branches making things more efficient for our engineering systems!
To improve keyboard accessibility, we've updated Snipping Tool – moving the mode options under New over to a new Mode button. Clicking New will now immediately start the snip.
We've fixed an issue resulting in the "Working on updates" screen unexpectedly showing a box instead of a progress wheel for some Insiders.
We fixed an issue where Desktop shortcuts containing the "%" character (usually URI shortcuts with escaped characters) would result in an Explorer.exe crash loop.
We fixed an issue where projecting to a secondary monitor could result in an Explorer.exe crash loop.
We fixed an issue where using CTRL + C to copy in Command Prompt wasn't working.
We've made some polish adjustments to the Background Settings and Printers & Scanners Settings pages.
We fixed an issue some Insiders may have experienced where their laptops would bugcheck when closing the lid to put it to sleep.
We fixed an issue in our new Out-Of-Box-Experience (OOBE) where clicking "Skip this step" on the Microsoft Account creation page would unexpectedly loop back to "Who owns this PC?".
We fixed a translation issue in the Start menu for those using the Catalan display language – newly installed apps will now show "nou" next to them.
We fixed an issue where the list of apps in the Surface Dial "Add an app" page via Settings > Devices > Wheel might unexpectedly be empty.
We fixed an issue where Miracast wasn't working on recent builds.
We fixed an issue where if a second notification comes in after dismissing a first notification and immediately opening the Action Center, that notification toast would show on top of the Action Center, rather than within it. We also fixed an issue that could result in sometimes seeing unexpected space at the top of the Action Center.
We fixed a deadlock from recent Insider builds that could result in the Action Center appearing blank.
We've adjusted our Action Center icon animation logic, so you will now no longer see the same app logo flash multiple times in quick succession after you first log in if many notifications have been received since last logging in.
Stylized buttons in notifications are now aligned to the right – consistent with other system buttons in dialogs.
When you use Win + V to set keyboard focus to a notification, we will now show a white focus rectangle around the X to dismiss button if you tab over to it.
We fixed an issue where refreshing a PDF displayed in Microsoft Edge would result in a blank page and you would need to refresh it a second time for the PDF to appear.
We've updated the alignment of the VPN connect button in the Network flyout to be right-justified and fixed an issue where it was unexpectedly displaying a grey border.
We fixed an issue where brightness changes made via Settings > System > Display would unexpectedly revert after closing the Settings app.
We updated the WIN+X flyout to say "Apps and Features" instead of "Programs and Features".
We've polished the animation when dropping a tile onto another tile in Start in order to create a folder.
We fixed an issue where, if the User Account Control (UAC) settings were set to "do not dim my desktop", running something from File Explorer as Admin could result in UAC displaying behind File Explorer.
We fixed a capitalization issue in the "Open PowerShell here" context menu entry when you Shift + Right Click File Explorer whitespace.
We fixed an issue for Insiders where customized desktop icon layouts were lost after rebooting. We also fixed an issue where when desktop icons were set to auto-arrange with a docked device and multiple monitors, undocking and docking the device could result in an unexpected desktop icon layout.
Based on your very passionate feedback, we've adjusted the animation when lowering blue light to be a bit smoother. We've also made some polish tweaks to Blue Light Settings with more coming soon.
We've updated the system tray logic to be more robust when faced with bad data that could potentially result in Explorer.exe reliability issues.
We fixed an issue where 3rd party UWP apps would crash on devices if the DPI settings on the machine are >=150%.
We fixed an issue where if you were to upgrade from Windows 8.1 directly to recent Insider Fast builds, all your Store apps would have been lost during the upgrade process.
