Build 20226 for Windows 10 arrives and the scares with the hard disk are over thanks to the new early warning system

Microsoft re-releases a new build within the Insider Program. This is Build 20226, which is coming to all members of the Dev Channel. A build that, as usual, can be downloaded via Windows Update and with which brings some improvements that should be known.

This compilation contains an interesting option to find out information related to the storage on our PC and avoid possible failures the hard drives we are using .There are also improvements in the settings for the Your Phone application and the expected bug fixes.

Storage Status

Trying to recover data after a hard drive failure can be frustrating. This is what this feature tries to prevent, which is designed to detect hardware anomalies for NVMe SSDs and notify users early enough to act. It is strongly recommended that users back up their data immediately after receiving a notification.

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When abnormalities are detected in the NVMe SSD, a notice is sent to users. The information can be accessed by clicking the notification or by navigating to the drive properties page under Storage Settings>Settings > System > Storage > Manage disks and volumes > Properties"

Other improvements

• Changed the setup experience of the Your Phone app for managing devices paired with the app. This is a new settings page where you can now pair a new device, remove an old device, and switch between active devices easily within the app. Visual improvements have also been made to display the list of devices and now each device is identifiable on its own device card with its personally synced wallpaper.

• This new user experience will roll out gradually to Insiders, so it may take some time to appear in the Tu app Telephone.

Developer Updates

• The Windows SDK continues to grow at the same pace as the evolutions in the Dev Channel. Whenever a new OS build goes through the development channel, the corresponding SDK will also be released.

Changes

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• A change is starting to roll out that will disable topic synchronization. As part of that, you will no longer see Theme>" "
• Turns back to enable the ability of Notepad windows to keep updating and restarting (if the option Restart applications>" "
• If you have a PWA installed from within Microsoft Edge, Task Manager will now display it correctly in Applications instead of Background Processes in the Processes tab, and will display the application icon associated with the PWA."
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• Updates File Explorer so that right-clicking a compressed OneDrive file that has been set to only on line, you now see an Extract All option, just as if the file were available locally on the PC."
• Updated the new DNS options in Settings to require a static DNS entry when entering a static IP and to Gateway is not a required field.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue that caused setup to fail for some Insiders when opening Disk and Volume Management.
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• Fixes an issue affecting Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distributions where users may receive the error: The call to remote procedure failed>"
• Fixes an issue where enabling Speech Recognition under Ease of Access in Settings unexpectedly required administrator permissions.
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• Fixes an issue where after turning off Drop Shadows for desktop icon labels and opening Task View , the shadows reappeared unexpectedly."
• Fixed an issue where pressing F7 in the File Explorer search box would display a dialog asking to enable caret navigation .
• Fixed an issue with Focus Assist Considering Screensaver to be a full screen application and suppressing notifications when running.
• Fixes an issue that affected the reliability of explorer.exe for some Insiders in recent flights.
• Fixed an issue where some of the apps in the Windows Accessories folder in the Start all apps list unexpectedly displayed the name Windows Accessories when pinned to the Start menu in versions recent.
• Fixes an issue that affecting the performance and reliability of the taskbar on 2-in-1 convertible devices.

• Fixed some issues that affected the reliability of the Action Center.
• Fixes issues that affecting configuration reliability.
• Fixed an issue where the Settings icon was unexpectedly small when pinned to the Start menu and using the small tile size.
• Fix an issue in touchpad settings where the Taps section header was unexpectedly missing on the last few flights.
• Fixed an issue with Meet Now that caused the dropdown menu to crash if you pressed the Esc key while it was open.
• Fixes an issue where opening Meet Now before opening a jumplist from the taskbar would cause ShellExperienceHost to crash.
• Made some fixes to improve the accessibility of the Meet Now dropdown, including updating the tab order, flagging the image so Narrator doesn't read it, adjusting button contrast, make the arrow keys navigate between buttons and fix an issue where focus did not return to the previous location on the taskbar after pressing the Esc key.
• Fixed an issue from recent flights that caused some apps to fail to install, citing a lack of Internet connectivity, when IPV6 was enabled.
• Fixes an issue with the new DNS options in Network Settings where changing a custom DNS to automatic would result in resulting in a loss of connectivity.
• Fixed an issue where we couldn't insert the full width question mark when typing with the Pinyin IME on recent builds.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Japanese IME to crash during initialization.
• Fixed two issues with the Bopomofo IME that affected the use of the Shift and Ctrl keys in applications when the IME was active.
• Fixed an issue with the one-handed Turkish touch keyboard layout where keys for ü and ö were missing.
• Fixes an issue when using the Japanese touch keyboard layout that could cause the spacebar UI to appear stuck in a pressed state.

Known Issues

• Reports of the update process hanging for extended periods when trying to install a new version are being investigated.
• Working on a fix to enable live preview of pinned site tabs.

• We are working on enabling the new taskbar experience for existing pinned sites. In the meantime, you can unpin the site from the taskbar, remove it from the apps page edge:// and then re-pin the site.

• Investigate reports of crashes of some Office applications after upgrading to a new build.

• Studying reports that Settings app crashes when opening Manage disks and volumes.
• Investigating a fix for the Linux kernel not being installed when using the wsl –install command on the Windows Subsystem for Linux. For an immediate workaround, run wsl –update to get the latest kernel version.

• Investigating reports of some devices experiencing a KMODE_EXCEPTION bugcheck when using certain virtualization technologies.
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• Microsoft is investigating an issue affecting Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distributions where users may receive the error: Installation failed remote procedure call>"
• Working on a fix where some devices experience a DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION bugcheck.
• Microsoft is investigating a bug where the vEthernet adapter in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distributions disconnects after a period of use. For all the details, you can follow this Github thread.
• "Working to fix an issue where, after performing this build, some users receive a Compatibility Assistant notification that Microsoft Office is no longer available. Despite the notification, Office should still be there and working fine."

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If you belong to the Dev Channel within the Insider Program, you can download the update by going to the usual route, that is, Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update ."

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