Windows 10 build 21354 rolls out to Insiders in the Dev Channel with new changes

New Windows changes and enhancements are here with this week’s Insider build.

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What you need to know

Microsoft has rolled out a new Windows 10 preview build for Insiders in the Dev Channel today that brings with it a handful of notable new changes and enhancements. The biggest changes in today’s build include a reshuffling of the apps list in the Start menu, hiding some system folders, and promoting legacy utility apps to the main apps list such as Paint and Snipping Tool.

In addition, Paint and Snipping Tool are joining Notepad in now being updatable via the Microsoft Store, outside of major OS updates. This means MS can iterate and even add new features to these legacy apps whenever they’d like, rather than waiting for the next big Windows OS update to roll around. Paint is also getting a new icon to match the rest of the new Fluent icons introduced over the last few builds.

Microsoft has also changed the behavior of the Windows Tools folder, which is now no longer a drop down folder in the apps list. Instead, the Windows Tools shortcut will take you to a dedicated page in the File Explorer app. There are also some more improvements to ‘news & interests’, including the ability to turn off the terrible “open on hover” behavior that it default for some crazy reason.

This is also the first build to come from the “co_release_ development branch. This happens when Microsoft begins finalizing what will and won’t be in the next release of Windows 10. Co_release stands for “Cobalt release,” Cobalt being the codename for this development semester of Windows internally. Cobalt is expected to be “finalized” in the summer, and begin shipping to the public in the fall.

Here’s the changelog:

As always, you can check out the Windows Blog for the complete changelog, including a list of fixes and known issues.

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