Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 20270 with fixes, changes, and improvements

Microsoft is experimenting with a new Feature Experience Pack which will make it easier to add great new features to Windows 10 in the future.

It is still working on feature updates though, and today it rolls a new FE_RELEASE build to Insiders on the Dev Channel.

Build 20270 comes with the following changes and Improvements:

• The new "Advanced View" checkbox in Optimize Drives is now up and running and checking it will display volumes previously not visible in this window (for example system and recovery partitions).
• Using the touch keyboard in a portrait posture on a 2-in-1 touch device now supports split keyboard mode. (This was released to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel as part of the recent Windows Feature Experience Pack update.)

Fixes in this new build are:

• Fixed an issue resulting in some dialogs, such as Properties, displaying black text on dark backgrounds in recent flights.
• Fixed an issue that could result in certain apps unexpectedly closing when clicking the Maximize button in recent builds.
• Fixed an issue resulting in printers with Japanese characters in their names not displaying correctly in Printers & Scanners Settings.
• Fixed an issue that could result in some delay logging into your PC on devices with a large number of users.

Known issues include:

• Microsoft is looking into reports of the update process hanging for extended periods of time when attempting to install a new build.
• Live previews for pinned sites aren’t enabled for all Insiders yet, so you may see a grey window when hovering over the thumbnail in the taskbar. Microsoft is continuing to work on polishing this experience.
• Microsoft is working on enabling the new taskbar experience for existing pinned sites. In the meantime, you can unpin the site from the taskbar, remove it from the edge://apps page, and then re-pin the site.
• Microsoft is working on a fix for an issue resulting in some users seeing error 0x80070426 when using their Microsoft account to sign into various apps. If you encounter it, rebooting your PC may resolve this.
• Microsoft is working on a fix for an issue where, in recent Dev Channel builds, no drives appear under Settings > System > Storage > Manage Disks and Volumes. As a workaround, you can manage your disks in the classic Disk Management tool.

In addition, there’s a new File Skill in Cortana that lets users "translate their thoughts into direct actions to open and find files and save time spent navigating to apps/folders to locate and open files." You can use Cortana to open and search for files by:

• Parts of file names (Example: "Hey Cortana, opening marketing deck.")
• Author names (Example: "Hey Cortana, open budget Excel from Anthony")
• Find a document you have been editing (Example: "Hey Cortana, find my recent files")
• Find a document of a particular type (Example: "Hey Cortana, find my recent PDFs")

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