Windows 10 19H1 build 18234 now rolling out for Insiders in the Skip Ahead ring

Microsoft is rolling out a brand new Windows x 19H1 preview build for Insiders in the Skip Ahead ring today, that brings with it the latest changes and improvements plant in the recent Redstone five builds for Insiders in the Fast ring. There are besides some pocket-sized new improvements to Snip & Sketch, a new Sticky Notes experience, and more.

What's new in 18234?

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We recently flighted version x.1807.2286.0 of Snip & Sketch (née Screen Sketch) to Skip Alee, which included the highly requested delay snip feature. At that place was a problems in Build 18219 blocking the New button from working, so please try it out today once you upgrade! Just click the chevron adjacent to the New button in the app and you'll at present find options to "Snip now", "Snip in 3 seconds", and "Snip in 10 seconds". If you have the app open or pinned to your taskbar, you can also simply right click the icon in the taskbar to get these options, since nosotros've added them to the jump listing – let us know what you'd similar to see next!

General changes

The dark theme File Explorer payload mentioned here is included in this build!
We fixed the issue where logging out of your user profile or shutting down your PC would cause the PC to bugcheck (GSOD).
Thanks everyone for your feedback about the XAML shadows nosotros added recently. We're taking them offline for the moment while we work on addressing some of the things you shared with u.s.. You lot will also notice that the acrylic has been removed from some popup controls. They will exist back in a future flight.
We fixed an issue resulting in the taskbar flyouts (network, volume, etc) no longer having an acrylic groundwork.
Nosotros stock-still an issue resulting in hangs when using WSL in the previous flying.
We've updated the Emoji Panel to now support search and tooltips for the Emoji 11 emoji that were added recently. These keywords will likewise populate text predictions when typing with the touch keyboard.
We fixed an outcome where explorer.exe would crash if you were in Tablet Way and opened Task View while in portrait orientation.
We fixed an upshot where the app icons in Task View might announced slightly blurry on high DPI devices.
Nosotros stock-still an issue where on narrow devices activities in Timeline might slightly overlap the scrollbar.
Nosotros fixed an outcome where you might unexpectedly get an error saying no supported app is installed, after clicking certain activities in Timeline, even though a supported app was installed.
We stock-still issue where Taskbar background could become transparent when changing graphics device.
We fixed an issue resulting in pinning to app icons to the taskbar taking longer than usual recently.
We stock-still an result where afterwards setting a pivot and removing it, the selection to setup a pivot from the lock screen could get stuck as the default login method, rather than the login screen remembering your preferred login method.
We've made some adjustments to improve the amount of CPU that cdpusersvc uses.
We fixed an issue resulting in New push in Snip & Sketch not working.
We fixed an outcome resulting in Notepad'south "Search with Bing" characteristic searching for "ten 10" instead of "10 + 10" if that was the search query. We as well fixed an issue where accented characters would finish up as question marks in the resulting search.
We fixed an issue where Ctrl + 0 to reset the zoom level in Notepad wouldn't work if the 0 was typed from a keypad.
We fixed a recent effect resulting in an increase in the amount of time taken to open up large files in Notepad when give-and-take wrap was enabled.
Cheers for everyone that's shared feedback about naming the tabs you've set up aside in Microsoft Edge. Nosotros're evaluating the right arroyo for this feature and in the meantime it has been removed.
We stock-still an upshot where downloading a big file in Microsoft Edge would stop at the 4gb mark.
We stock-still an issue where clicking the "more" button in Microsoft Edge's inline definition pop up when reading in contempo flights would open a blank pane.
We fixed an effect where items in Microsoft Edge's Settings and More menu would become truncated when the selection to increase text size was enabled in Settings.
We stock-still an issue where using Notice on page in Microsoft Edge didn't highlight/select the current example of the effect. We stock-still an consequence where later on resetting Microsoft Edge saved favorites would become stuck showing a star adjacent to the favorite proper name rather than populating the website'due south favicon (if available).
We stock-still an upshot where text copied from certain websites in Microsoft Edge couldn't exist pasted into other UWP apps.
We fixed an issue that could effect in the contents of the Microsoft Edge window becoming beginning from its window frame.
We fixed an result resulting in the spellchecking carte du jour actualization in the wrong place when yous right-clicked on a misspelled word in Microsoft Border.
We fixed an issue for Insiders using Windows x in S Mode recently resulting opening Give-and-take from a Word Online document non working.
Nosotros fixed an consequence impacting Teams resulting all unsent typed text disappearing post-obit the completion of an emoji composition (for example being turned into a smiley).
We stock-still an upshot where nearby sharing would become blocked on the sender device after canceling share to three different devices.
We fixed an issue resulting in the nearby sharing section of the Share UI not beingness visible for some users despite being enabled.
We stock-still an issue in recent flights where components of a notification with a progress bar (similar the ane when using nearby sharing) might flash every time the progress bar updated.
We fixed an issue from recent builds resulting in share target windows (aka the app you select when prompted from the Share UI) not endmost when you pressed Alt+F4 or the X.
We fixed an result resulting in a decrease in Start reliability over the last few flights.
We stock-still an impactful race condition in recent flights resulting in Cortana crashing when launching tips and doing spider web searches.
We fixed an issue where right-clicking the desktop and expanding the New subsection of the context menu took longer than usual recently.
We fixed the issue causing Office in the Store to fail to launch with an error nearly a .dll not existence designed to run on Windows on PCs running in S Mode.
Nosotros fixed an outcome where, when installing a font for a single user (rather than installing every bit admin "for all users"), the install would fail with an unexpected error proverb that the file was not a valid font file.
We fixed an issue where non-admin local users would go an mistake proverb that updating the security questions for their account required admin permissions.
We fixed a recent issue where color and wallpaper settings weren't correctly applied after a system upgrade when migration was done in offline mode.
We stock-still an consequence resulting in the amount of time information technology took to launch Settings having noticeably increased recently.
We fixed an event where if Settings was open to "Bluetooth & Other Devices" and so minimized to the taskbar, when you lot tried to resume the app Settings would crash.
We fixed an issue from recent builds where the offset time you manually selected the date in Appointment & Time Settings, it would revert to January 1st.
Nosotros're updating the prototype size limit for clipboard history (WIN + V) from 1MB to 4MB to accommodate the potential size of full screen screenshots taken on a high-DPI devices.
We stock-still an issue where when using the Chinese (Simplified) IME it would leak memory on focus switch, adding up over fourth dimension.
We fixed an issue resulting in text prediction and shapewriting not working when typing in Russian using the bear on keyboard.
We fixed a recent issue that could result in some flakey network connectivity (including networks stuck "identifying", and stale network flyout connectivity state). Annotation, there are a variety of factors that may touch your networking feel, so if y'all keep to experience flakiness after upgrading to this build, please log feedback.
Thanks anybody who tried out and shared feedback nigh the operation visualizations we added to the game bar with Build 17692. Nosotros're taking them offline for now to re-evaluate the best possible approach going forward and piece of work on giving y'all a great gaming experience on your PC.
Nosotros fixed an issue in Narrator and so when toggling a checkbox with a braille display and Narrator, the displayed state is now updated and the command information is maintained on the brandish.

As ever, you can bank check out the full changelog, including a list of known issues, at the Windows Blog!

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