Windows 10 build 17650 rolls out to Skip Ahead Insiders

Windows Insiders who are opted into the Skip Alee ring can go their hands on another new Windows 10 build today. This latest Redstone v release brings the build number up to version 17650 and includes Fluent Pattern refreshes for the Windows Defender Security Center, along with a full general list of changes and improvements.

What'south new

Windows Defender Security Centre gets a Fluent Design refresh

Nosotros've heard your feedback and when you install this build you'll find we've updated Windows Defender Security Middle (WDSC) to include the Fluent Pattern elements you know and love. You'll also observe we've adjusted the spacing and padding effectually the app and will now dynamically size the categories on the main page if more room is needed for actress info. Last merely not least, nosotros've also updated the championship bar of the app so that information technology will now employ your accent color if you've enabled that option in Color Settings – with Sets enabled, you lot will run across this color in the WDSC tab.

Windows Defender Firewall now supports Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) processes

You can add together specific rules for a WSL process in Windows Defender Firewall, simply every bit y'all would for whatsoever Windows procedure. As well, Windows Defender Firewall now supports notifications for WSL processes. For example, when a Linux tool wants to allow access to a port from the outside (like SSH or a spider web server like nginx), the Windows Defender Firewall will prompt to allow admission merely similar it would for a Windows procedure when the port starts accepting connections. This was kickoff introduced in Build 17627.

General changes, improvements, and fixes

We stock-still an issue where File Explorer would always open with the ribbon minimized, rather than remembering how yous'd left it.

We fixed an issue where elements on the principal page of the Windows Defender Security Heart app would slightly change size on mouse hover.

We fixed an issue where not-default languages might unexpectedly have the pick to remove in Settings greyed out.

We fixed an upshot where the Colour Filters and High Contrast icons were switched in Settings.

We fixed an result where clicking links in Settings that launched other apps would result in Settings crashing and naught else happening.

We fixed an effect resulting in some people experiencing a Settings crash when navigating to Apps > Default Apps > Gear up defaults by App.

Known problems

On resuming from sleep, the desktop may be momentarily visible before the Lock screen displays as expected.

When Movies & TV user denies admission to its videos library (through the "Permit Movies & Boob tube admission your videos library?" popup window or through Windows privacy settings), Movies & Boob tube crashes when the user navigates to the "Personal" tab.

Tiling and cascading windows, including features like "View Side by side" in Word, will not work for inactive tabs.

The Office Visual Basic Editor window will currently exist tabbed but is not intended to be in the future.

Opening an Role document while the same app has an existing certificate open up may crusade an unintended switch to the last active document. This will also happen when endmost a sheet in Excel while other sheets remain open.

Local files or non-Microsoft cloud files will not be automatically restored and no error message volition be provided to warning the user to that fact.

Sets UX for Office Win32 desktop apps is not final. The experience will be refined over time based on feedback.

The acme of some Win32 desktop app windows may appear slightly underneath the tab bar when created maximized. To piece of work around the event, restore and re-maximize the window.

Closing one tab may sometimes minimize the entire set.

We're aware of an upshot that causes Narrator to read extra text when invoking Alt + Tab, and we're working on a prepare.

Using arrow and Folio Up / Page Down keys doesn't work to roll webpages in Microsoft Edge. Yous'll demand to use another input method (mouse, bear on, or touchpad).

If you complete the setup for a Windows Mixed Reality headset on this build, the headset will remain blackness until it is unplugged and reconnected to the PC.

If you lot're a Windows Insider enrolled in Skip Ahead, y'all should be able to grab the new build at present via Windows Update. And for more, check out Microsoft's total release notes.

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