Microsoft Finally Fixes Windows 10 1909 File Explorer Issues With KB4532695

Windows 10 November 2019 Update is running on over 15% of all Windows 10 machines. While the update has been free of any major bugs, there were some File Explorer problems that users had reported.

Microsoft had focused on performance improvements with the November 2019 Update, releasing very minor new feature changes. These included tying search with File Explorer, enabling users to quickly find files on their devices. However, this feature didn’t really work as it was intended to. Some of the reported bugs included:

• Slow search
• Search bar would freeze
• Unable to right-click and copy/paste text into the search field

With the release of latest Windows 10 1909 cumulative update KB4532695, Microsoft has mostly addressed these problems.

The changelog of Windows 10 1909 KB4532695, as reported earlier in the week, notes:

• Addresses an issue that prevents File Explorer’s Search Bar from pasting clipboard content using the right mouse button (right-click).
• Addresses an issue that prevents File Explorer’s Search Bar from receiving user input.

Some users reported that even after installing the latest Windows 10 1909 cumulative update, the experience still doesn’t get as fluid as it should, but it is unlikely Microsoft will do anything beyond fixing bugs at this point. Perhaps a more well-designed Search Bar experience will be introduced with a future version of the operating system.

The latest Windows 10 1909 cumulative update also brought a long of improvements and bug fixes. For more details, head over to our earlier coverage.

Microsoft finally fixes Windows 10 v1903 audio and USB issues

Microsoft released Windows 10 May update (aka version 1903) on May 21, 2019. This major feature update introduced many exciting features.

The Redmond giant aimed to improve the user experience for all types of users. As a quick reminder, this update brought a series of new bugs as well.

The good news is that Microsoft has finally resolved three major issues in Windows 10 v1903. All of these issues were introduced by KB4505057.

In this article, we are going to briefly discuss each of them.

Audio not working bug

The audio issues were initially caused by KB4505057. Microsoft warns its users that they may experience loss of audio with Dolby Atmos headphones and Home theater.

After updating to Windows 10, version 1903, you may experience loss of audio with Dolby Atmos for home theater (free extension) or Dolby Atmos for headphones (paid extension) acquired through the Microsoft Store due to a licensing configuration error.

The tech giant explains that this issue was basically caused by a Microsoft Store licensing component. This bug prevented the license holders from connecting to the Dolby Access app and enabling Dolby Atmos extensions.

Dynabook Smartphone Link app functionality issues

According to Microsoft, when you are using the Dynabook Smartphone Link application, you may experience functionality issues.

External USB device bug

Microsoft stated that your system may fail to update when an external USB device is attached to your system. Notably, apart from the removable drives, this bug also affects Internal hard drives.

If you have an external USB device or SD memory card attached when installing Windows 10, version 1903, you may get an error message stating “This PC can’t be upgraded to Windows 10.” This is caused by inappropriate drive reassignment during installation.

Microsoft confirmed that all of these issues have been fixed now and removed the upgrade block. However, you may need to wait 48 hours to install Window 10 version 1903 on your system.

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Windows 10 update is finally fixing a particularly annoying bug

By Darren Allan 22 October 2020

Namely a graphics driver update being stuck in an installation loop

Windows 10 is getting a solution for a longstanding bug, with Microsoft finally acknowledging that there’s a problem with a driver update getting stuck in an installation loop, and promising that a fix is now being worked on.

So what’s going on here? As Windows Latest reports, this problem with Windows 10 has been hanging around throughout 2020, and affected users are witnessing the OS attempt to install a previous (older) version of an Intel graphics driver – with Windows 10 doing this repeatedly. Which as you can imagine, gets old pretty quickly.

While attempting to downgrade the driver, Windows 10 informs users: “A current driver on your PC may be better than the driver we’re trying to install. We’ll keep trying to install.”

Drastic measures

There were potential workarounds to this issue, but none of them were particularly satisfactory: aside from drastic measures like reinstalling the OS, some users reportedly cured things by removing the existing graphics driver entirely, and installing the driver update again via Windows Update.

The good news is that a fix has apparently been implemented for those testing preview versions of Windows 10, and in the feedback hub, a Microsoft employee confirmed: “We’ve made an update with the Insider Dev Channel builds so that this error will no longer be shown going forward.”

So, with any luck, this fix will be deployed within the release version of Windows 10 before too long, and anyone who has been frustrated by this particular error will breathe a big sigh of relief.

As we’ve seen lately, Windows 10 updates continue to be problematic on a regular basis, and have caused some nasty Blue Screen of Death crashes among other issues in recent times.

Windows 10 builds finally fix Settings app crashes

Various issues in Windows 10 builds are a common sight. That’s just how the system works, though: An issue occurs, users report it, and Microsoft fixes the problem in one of the next builds.

Recently, Microsoft addressed one of the annoying problems that have been bothering Windows Insiders for quite some time: Windows 10 build 15019 finally fixed the problem which caused the Settings app to crash each time users set up an option to look for an app in the Store under “Choose default app“.

We fixed an issue where Default apps Settings would crash of you clicked an app under “Choose default app” and selected the option to look for an app in the Store.

Microsoft let us know about this fix in the Windows 10 build 15019 announcement post. However, the company didn’t precise what exactly was done. So, if you’re asking what caused this problem and how Microsoft managed to resolve it, we couldn’t tell you. However, the important thing is that the issue doesn’t occur anymore.

All you need to do to fix this problem is install the latest Windows 10 build by going to Settings > Updates & security, and checking for updates. Remember, you need to be on the Fast Ring of the Windows Insider program.

On the other hand, if the build didn’t solve the problem and the crash still occurs when you try to change a default app for a certain operation, please let us know about it in the comments below.

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Windows 10 20H1 update will finally fix File Explorer

By Carly Page 18 March 2020

20H1 update will iron out numerous glitches as well

The soon-to-be-released Windows 10 20H1 update looks set to finally fix Microsoft’s bug-prone File Explorer experience.

Windows 10 users have long been having issues with Microsoft’s integrated Search platform. This began with the release of the Windows 10 November 2020 Update, which promised a smoother, faster search experience and brought with it major File Explorer improvements, including a dedicated files preview UI that displays web-powered suggestions of files stored in OneDrive and previews of files stored locally.

However, the glitch-prone update also broke the search bar, disabled right-click and removed the option to delete recent searches. Some users also complained that, after installing the November update, the File Explorer window freezes and becomes unresponsive.

«Sometimes search box is getting totally stuck,»one user complained on the Microsoft Answers website. «In Windows Explorer, it’s not clickable at all, neither right-click nor left click works, until you force restart windows explorer. That fixes it for a while, until it gets stuck again…»

Fixing the problem

Although these issues haven’t been addressed in any of Microsoft’s recent updates, the company’s incoming Windows 10 20H1 update, which could launch in April, might finally fix the broken File Explorer experience.

As per Windows Latest, the update brings a number of hotfixes to iron out the bugs plaguing File Explorer’s search bar. In a newly-released build of the next major update for Windows 10, Microsoft has also reinstated the ability to delete previous search results in the Search bar – a common complaint among Windows 10 users.

Beyond File Explorer updates, Microsoft’s first major Windows 10 update of 2020 will also give users more control over optional updates and bring with it an all-new Cortana experience with a text-based chat UI, the ability to make your device password less, and the option to rename virtual desktops.

It will, naturally, also include a bunch of security updates, including a fix for a problem whereby ActiveX content fails to load and patches for the Microsoft Edge web browser.

Although Microsoft is yet to announce a firm release date for the update, it’s expected to land within the first two weeks of April.