Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Preview with To-Do Ink Support, Sticky Notes 3.0 and Standby Time

Microsoft today released a new preview for PCs with ink support in the Microsoft To-Do application, Sticky Notes 3.0 and a delayed extraction feature in Snip & Flash. Sketch. This construction comes from branch 19H1, which, as its name indicates, will arrive in the first half of next year. Microsoft is finalizing the RS5 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that the company plans to release later this year (probably in October 2018).

Windows 10 is developed as a service, which means that it regularly receives new features. Microsoft has released five major updates to date: November Update, Birthday Update, Creator Update, Autumn Designer Update, and Update. April 2018.

The ink carrier is now available for #WindowsInsiders! Become an insider to try it and let us know what you think! https://t.co/Jvkj6hXIeW pic.twitter.com/8DERbhDJdN

– Microsoft To-Do Help (@MicrosoftToDo) September 4, 2018

The Microsoft To-Do application now supports handwriting input (you will need version 1.39.1808.31001 or higher). This means that you can capture tasks by writing directly to the surface of the list, completing your tasks by traversing them and using marks in the circle to the left of a task to complete it.

Sticky Notes 3.0, which was released last week, is also worth a look for this release. If you use this app, you will want to check what's new.

Snip & Sketch has got the highly required waiting time feature. Just click on the chevron next to the New button and you will see the options "Snip now", "Snip in 3 seconds" and "Snip in 10 seconds". If the application is open or pinned to your taskbar, you can also Just right-click on the icon to access these options via the shortcut list.

This desktop version includes the following bugfixes and enhancements (many will be familiar with the following updates on the RS5 branch):

• The dark File Explorer theme is included in this version!
• Issue resolved: Disconnecting your user profile or shutting down your computer resulted in a bug on the PC (GSOD).
• The XAML shadows and acrylic of some popup controls are taken offline, but will be back in a future flight.
• Fixed a problem that caused the taskbar flyouts (network, volume, etc.) to have more acrylic background.
• Fixed a problem causing hangs when using WSL during the previous flight.
• Updated Emoji panel to support search and tooltips for newly added 11 emoji. These keywords will also fill in text predictions when typing with the touch keyboard.
• Issue resolved: explorer.exe crashed in tablet mode and opened the view of tasks in portrait mode.
• Issue resolved: Task viewer application icons might appear slightly blurred on high-resolution devices.
• Fixed a problem that caused activities on narrow devices in Timeline to slightly overlap the scroll bar.
• Fixed a problem in case of unexpected error stating that no supported application was installed after clicking on certain activities of the scenario, even if a supported application was installed.
• Fix the following problem: The background of the taskbar may become transparent when changing the graphics device.
• Fixed a problem resulting in the pinning of application icons on the taskbar, taking longer than usual recently.
• Fixed a problem due to which, after defining a pin and having it removed, the option of configuring a pin from the lock screen could remain blocked as the default connection method.
• Some adjustments to improve the amount of CPU used by cdpusersvc.
• Fixed a problem causing the New button in Snip & Sketch not working.
• Fixed an issue causing "10 10" instead of "10 + 10" to be found in Notepad's "Find with Bing" function, and an issue where accented characters ended up as question marks in the resulting search.
• Fixed an issue where Ctrl + 0 to reset the zoom level in Notepad did not work if 0 was entered from a keyboard.
• Fixed a recent issue that increased the time it took to open large files in Notepad when wrap was enabled.
• The naming of the tabs you have set aside in Microsoft Edge has been removed for the moment.
• Fixed an issue that caused the download of a large file in Microsoft Edge to stop at the 4GB mark.
• Fixed an issue where clicking the "more" button in Microsoft Edge's online definition when playing recent flights would open a blank pane.
• Issue resolved: Microsoft Edge Settings and Plus menu items became garbled when the option to increase text size was turned on in Settings.
• Issue resolved: Using Page Search in Microsoft Edge did not allow you to select / select the current instance of the result.
• Issue resolved: After resetting saved Microsoft Edge bookmarks, a star was placed next to the favorite's name rather than filling in the favicon of the website (if available).
• Issue resolved: Text copied from some Web sites in Microsoft Edge could not be pasted into other UWP applications.
• Fixed a problem that could cause the contents of the Microsoft Edge window to shift relative to its window frame.
• Fixed a problem causing the spell check menu to appear in the wrong place when you right-clicked on a misspelled word in Microsoft Edge.
• Fixed a problem for Insiders using Windows 10 Mode S resulting from the opening of Word from a Word Online document that was not working.
• Fixed a problem that affected teams and resulted in the disappearance of all texts entered as a result of the composition of an emoji (for example, conversion to a smiley).
• Fixed an issue where sharing nearby could be blocked on the sending device after canceling sharing on three different devices.
• Fixed a problem where the sharing section near the sharing UI was not visible to some users despite their activation.
• Fixed a problem in recent flights where the components of a notification with a progress bar (like the one used when sharing nearby) could flash each time the progress bar was updated.
• Fixed a problem related to recent versions resulting in the closing of share windows (that is, the selected application at the prompt of the Share UI) when you pressed Alt + F4 or X.
• Fixed a problem causing a decrease in boot reliability during recent flights.
• Correction of an impact racing situation during recent flights, resulting in the crash of Cortana when launching tips and searches on the Web.
• Issue resolved: By right-clicking on the desktop and expanding the new sub-section of the context menu, the procedure took longer than usual.
• Fixed issue that prevented the launch of Office in the store with an error on the fact that a .dll file was not designed to run on Windows on PCs running in Mode S.
• Issue resolved: when installing a font for a single user (instead of installing as administrator "for all users"), the installation failed with an unexpected error indicating that the file was not a valid font file.
• Issue resolved: Local non-admin users received an error stating that updating security issues on their behalf required administrator permissions.
• Fixed a recent issue where the color and background settings were not correctly applied after a system upgrade when the migration was done offline.
• Fixed a problem causing the time needed to launch parameters that have grown significantly recently.
• Issue resolved: if Settings was open to "Bluetooth and other devices" and then reduced to the taskbar, when you were trying to resume the application, the application would crash.
• Fixed a problem with recent versions: when first manually selecting the date in the date and time settings, the problem was January 1st.
• Updated the image size limit for the clipboard history (WIN + V) from 1 MB to 4 MB to account for the potential size of the full screen shots screen taken on high resolution devices.
• Fixed a problem due to which, when using the Chinese IME (simplified), there was a memory leak on the focus switch, which was adding up over time.
• Fixed a problem resulting in the fact that text prediction and formatting did not work when typing in Russian using the touch keyboard.
• Fixed a recent issue that could result in fuzzy network connectivity (including blocked "identifier" networks and obsolete network connectivity status). Note that various factors can affect your network experience. If you continue to have problems after upgrading to this version, please record your comments.
• The performance visuals added to the game bar are currently being taken offline to re-evaluate the best possible approach and work on your PC for an exceptional gaming experience.
• Fixed a problem in the Narrator: when you check a box with a Braille display and a Narrator, the displayed status is now updated and the control information is maintained on the screen.

Today's update switches the Windows 10 version number from the 19H1 branch of 18219 (made available to testers on August 16) to version 18234.

This release has seven known issues:

• When using the Ease of Access setting, increase the text, you may encounter clipping problems or find that the text size does not increase everywhere.
• When you use the Shift + Selection commands in the Narrator Scan mode in Edge, the text is not selected correctly.
• Narrator sometimes does not read in the Settings application when browsing using the Tab keys and the arrow keys. Try to temporarily switch to Narrator Scan mode. And when you turn off the scan mode again, Narrator now reads when you navigate using the Tab key and arrows. You can also restart Narrator to resolve this problem.
• This release fixes a general problem resulting in links that have launched an application from another application not working in the last flights for some insiders, however there is a specific variant that will still not work in the current version : Twitter does not open the browser.
• You may notice that the background of the notifications and the Action Center lose color and become transparent (with an acrylic effect), making the notifications difficult to read.
• You may not be able to resize the Task Manager window on this version.
• If you install one of the recent versions from the fast ring and go to the slow ring, the optional content such as developer mode activation will fail. You will have to stay in the quick ring to add / install / activate the optional content. Indeed, optional content will only be installed on approved versions for specific rings.

As always, do not install this on your production machine.