As you may remember, Office PWAs were getting quietly added to Windows 10 without users’ acknowledge in Windows 10. The added apps were Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word. Microsoft today revealed that this had happened due to a bug.
Category: Windows 10
Add or Remove Meet Now Icon from Taskbar in Windows 10
How to Add or Remove Meet Now Icon from Taskbar in Windows 10
Starting in Windows 10 Build 20221, Windows 10 displays an additional button in the taskbar notification area. The button, dubbed 'Meet Now', allows directly starting a new Skype video conference without having to be registered on Skype. If you never use this feature, you may want to get rid of the button.
Enable or Disable Recent Items in Search in Windows 10
How to Enable or Disable Recent Items in Search in Windows 10
Along with the release of Windows 10 Build 20236 to Insiders, Microsoft rolled out a new Windows Search experience to everyone. It is a server-side change that has become available to Windows 10 version 1809 and above. It has a number of improvements, and also displays your recent searches right in the search pane once you open it.
Windows 10 Build 20236.1005 is now in the Dev channel with KB4587587
Microsoft has issued a new cumulative update for the earlier released Windows 10 build 20236. It is now available in the Dev channel, and is claimed to be a test for company's servicing pipeline. Actually, it adds a couple of known issues, and also unlocks the newest Emoji picker for all Windows Insiders.
Install Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 version 20H2 October 2009 Update
How to Install Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 version 20H2 October 2009 Update
Microsoft has made available Media Feature Pack for N Editions of Windows 10 version 20H2. The "N" edition is targeted for Europe, and "KN" for Korea. Both editions include all the essential features of the OS except Windows Media Player, Groove Music, Video, Voice Recorder, Movies & TV, and Skype. If you need to add these features to the OS, you need to install Media Feature Pack.
Windows Calculator can now be installed in Linux
This is not something you may really want, but rather a demonstration of the cross-platform capabilities of the .NET 5.x platform. Windows Calculator, a modern app that Microsoft had open-sourced, is successfully compiled and now works on Linux.
Set Linux Distro Version to WSL 1 or WSL 2 in Windows 10
How to Set a Linux distro version to WSL 1 or WSL 2 in Windows 10
Microsoft has ported WSL 2 to Windows 10 version 1909, and version 1903. Initially, it was exclusively available in Windows 10 version 2004. Now users who have installed two older releases of the OS can upgrade Windows Subsystem for Linux to the latest generation and get benefits from using it.
Microsoft begins testing x64-on-ARM emulation
As of this writing, Windows 10 on ARM is an ARM64 platform, which only supports 32-bit x86 apps via a built-in emulator. It is not possible to run traditional 64-bit apps in this OS. Earlier, we mentioned that this will eventually be changed. It looks the change goes live.
Windows 10 Build 20236 (Dev Channels) adds Display refresh rate to Settings
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Build 20236 to Insiders in the Dev channel. Starting with this build, it is now possible to change the display refresh rate with a new option in the Settings app. There is also a long list of fixes, and a number of general improvements.
Windows 10 will notify you about new Startup entries
Microsoft is updating Windows 10 to show a notification when a new Startup entry is added to the OS. Everytime an app registers itself to start with the OS, you will notice that, and will be able to change this, e.g. to instantly disable it from being launched after you sign in to Windows.
