Windows 10 19H1’s Latest Build Introduces Updated File Explorer Icon, Console Improvements, More

Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 10 19H1 build to Insiders in the Fast Ring. The company today released build 18298 which brings a number of new changes. Here’s a breakdown:

  • File Explorer has a new icon, as you can see below, which works better with the new light mode in Windows 10:
  • You can now setup a security key for your account right from the sign-in options page in settings
  • The ability to unpin a group of tiles/apps on the Start Menu is now available to all Insiders
  • Touch Keyboard is now able to adapt the target for each key by predicting which key you will tap next in order to improve accuracy
  • The console in Window now has a Terminal tab that includes new settings like more granular terminal colors, as well as scrolling options
  • Notepad has been updated with improvements to UTF-8 encoding, and an indicator (an asterisk) on the title bar of the app when you are working on a file with unsaved changes
  • Updated Windows 10 setup experience for ISO files, as well as a new orange indicator on the Power button when there’s a new update that you need to restart your device for
  • Improvements to Narrator, Ease of Access for improved accessibility

There are a bunch of other new changes included in this build, as well as updates to some stock apps like Snip & Sketch and Game Bar which now has a Gallery that shows all your screenshots and videos for a particular game. You can find the full changelog here.

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  • glenn8878

    10 December, 2018 - 4:47 pm

    <p>They need to add back in recent documents on the Start Menu. The Import pictures in Photos app is broken. Doesn’t work well my iPhone. Overall, Windows 10 is more buggy and less useful than Windows 7. </p>

    • fbman

      10 December, 2018 - 11:53 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#380618">In reply to glenn8878:</a></em></blockquote><p>The photo import feature has never worked well on an Iphone, especially when you import videos</p><p><br></p><p>What seems to work, is to import your videos one file at a time. </p>

  • NT6.1

    10 December, 2018 - 6:35 pm

    <p>Microsoft lost. Windows failed. They had the nerve to add some shadows to this ugly icon and calling it improvement. LMAO!!!</p><p><br></p><p>We need consistent icons. Not this XP/Vista/7/Metro/UWP mess!</p>

    • dontbe evil

      10 December, 2018 - 11:37 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#380653">In reply to NT6.1:</a></em></blockquote><p>700+ million of devices with windows 10</p>

      • Winner

        11 December, 2018 - 12:22 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#380678">In reply to dontbe_evil:</a></em></blockquote><p>Billions of McDonald's burgers sold.</p>

        • FalseAgent

          11 December, 2018 - 12:44 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#380687">In reply to Winner:</a></em></blockquote><p>billions of iPhones sold.</p>

      • Tony Barrett

        11 December, 2018 - 2:39 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#380678">In reply to dontbe_evil:</a></em></blockquote><p>How many of those were actually upgrades people wanted and initiated themselves? A significant percentage were either forced, or the fact the PC someone bought just came with it. No choice for the average buyer, and every PC sold with Win10 is one more data collection/ad target point for MS, and another potential service subscriber.</p>

  • jimchamplin

    Premium Member
    10 December, 2018 - 7:38 pm

    <p>Now if they can release this one without it looking like beta-quality garbage they’ll really have something! </p><p><br></p><p>I honestly cannot wait to be done with 1809.</p>

    • red.radar

      Premium Member
      10 December, 2018 - 8:21 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#380658">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>I refuse to take 1809. I just pushed the upgrade out to 365 days and will clean install the next one from downloaded install media… not like there is a critical must have feature… </p><p><br></p><p>to to be honest 19H1 doesn’t seem to be offering a reason to upgrade from the above… icon and theme enhancements are not worth risking uptime, data or stability over. I may wait for others to try it out and wait for the tech gossip circles to bless or condem it. </p>

      • jimchamplin

        Premium Member
        11 December, 2018 - 1:03 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#380660">In reply to red.radar:</a></em></blockquote><p>If there was a way to get an 1803 ISO at this point, I might take it.</p>

        • siv

          11 December, 2018 - 4:41 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#380690">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>If you know anyone with an MSDN account you could get them to download you one as there are all versions on the MSDN downloads.</p>

        • Kevin Costa

          11 December, 2018 - 5:02 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#380690">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-and-office-iso-download-tool</p><p><br></p><p>Look for Windows 10 ISOs, every version released so far should be there.</p>

          • ChuckOp

            Premium Member
            11 December, 2018 - 11:22 am

            <blockquote><em><a href="#380731">In reply to Kevin_Costa:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>Not sure I want to download ISOs from wierd sources. </p>

            • karlinhigh

              Premium Member
              11 December, 2018 - 2:05 pm

              <blockquote><em><a href="#380814">In reply to ChuckOp:</a></em></blockquote><p>Weird sources? In my experience the HeiDoc downloads come from the same links that would be on a Microsoft site.</p>

  • Bats

    10 December, 2018 - 8:02 pm

    <p>I actually like this style of icons. It has that "material design look." When is this UI gonna be released? I might refresh computer(s) when it happens.</p>

  • Nonmoi

    10 December, 2018 - 9:56 pm

    <p>SET is no longer, I guess? </p>

    • Dan1986ist

      Premium Member
      11 December, 2018 - 9:25 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#380675">In reply to Nonmoi:</a></em></blockquote><p>Likely something to do with EdgeHTML being replaced by the Chromium rendering engine among other things. </p>

  • robinwilson16

    11 December, 2018 - 4:56 am

    <p>I just always get this error when I try to install it:</p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Error 0xca00a004</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Googling the error produces no results so must be a new one!</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p>

  • BoItmanLives

    11 December, 2018 - 4:58 am

    <p>Those ugly metro tiles still clinging to the start menu from some abandoned, bygone mobile era.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank god for Classicshell and StartIsBack</p>

  • JaviAl

    Premium Member
    11 December, 2018 - 6:31 am

    <p>Missing the list of the new, updated and improved bugs introduced in this build.</p>

  • Martin Klimke

    11 December, 2018 - 7:10 am

    <p>a couple of pixel that are a bit darker now. I would call this exciting innovation …</p>

  • Tony Barrett

    11 December, 2018 - 9:12 am

    <p>Gee Wiz Sataya. You are working your guys H-A-R-D. I'm sure those pesky bugs are being squashed, and these 2019 releases will go soooooper smooth for ya! Can't wait for this new notepad app. What a revelation! ;-)</p>

  • warren

    11 December, 2018 - 2:38 pm

    <p>So the big news about this build is actually the Narrator improvements…… stuff like having the cursor follow narration, having all-caps text read with extra emphasis, and being able to choose from multiple levels of of verbosity when the UI is being narrated…..</p><p><br></p><p>…. it's now also possible to make your mouse cursor any colour and any size……</p><p><br></p><p>….. but because Thurrott doesn't give any of that a lot of attention in this half-assed summary article, all the usual complainers come out to comment on how little Microsoft is doing.</p><p><br></p><p>It's like most of you losers don't actually want to learn what's new with Windows. Whining, not learning.</p><p><br></p>

  • derekaw

    11 December, 2018 - 2:55 pm

    <p>The new icon is very impressive. </p>

  • techguy33

    12 December, 2018 - 12:21 pm

    <p>Have intermittent problem in Win10 when connecting via remote desktop to another machine on home network the screen will be black, requiring me to reboot the host computer for video in remote desktop to work again. Used Windows feedback and posted on their support forums for 6 mo. yet the problem is unfixed. But they are all over these icons! Go Microsoft!</p>

  • TheFerrango

    13 December, 2018 - 2:40 am

    <p>So we went from stylized icons in the early 90s to excessively detailed skeuomorphism in the late 00s, then back to stylized with Metro/Modern/Material and now we're adding shading and skeuomorphism to it again. Yay! we've come full circle and are going for the second round!</p><p><br></p><p>Liking the new icon, btw</p>

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