Articles by KENNETH

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15055 for PC and Mobile Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15055 for PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Other changes, improvements, and fixes for PC If you have Symantec/Norton anti-virus software installed on your PC, you should no longer get an 0x80070228 error when attempting to download this build. Symantec released updated anti-virus definitions last week that fixes this issue. Please make sure your Symantec/Norton anti-virus software has the most up-to-date anti-virus definitions BEFORE taking trying to install today’s build. PCs should no longer fail to update to this build at 71% and roll-back to the previous build. If you have additional language packs installed, this build should install just fine. We fixed an issue where sometimes the context menu [ more… ]

Desktop Bridge: Smooth User Transition and Data Migration Overview The Windows 10 Creators Update will help provide smooth user transition along with some best practices for app developers to follow. This feature is available on the current insider builds. Users will be encouraged to download the store version of their desktop apps. If the user already has the previous desktop version of the app, the transition experience should be as seamless as possible. User Transition: Taskbar Pins & Start Tiles Many users typically pin their favorite or most used apps to the taskbar pin or the start menu. This enables them to access the apps much faster. With the Creators Update, app developers can re-route the taskbar pins and the start tile shortcuts to point to the store version of the desktop app. Here’s a sample AppXManifest.xml snippet which shows [ more… ]