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[Trouble]

Today

January 14, 2022 we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.466 (KB5008353) to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels.

SOURCE: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-i...000-466-to-beta-and-release-preview-channels/


AND you might ask.... What does that have to do with me?

Glad you asked.
Very often when a "Build" like this is released into the "Release Preview Channel" it suggests that much / most, if not all of the fixes contained in that release can be expected to show up in an upcoming Cumulative Update for the publicly available build of Windows 11, so....

When you read through the list, while the start of daylight savings time in Jordan may not blow your skirt up, there are others which very well may, likely impact some members and guests of this forum

We fixed some issues that affect File Explorer’s performance when you browse for files and select files.]

We fixed a reliability issue that causes File Explorer and desktop context menus to stop working.

We fixed an issue that prevents some options from appearing on the Win + X menu.

I know that last one from a personal experience "System" was missing from that Win + X menu in an upgrade install (clean install = no such problem)

At least we get a bit of a sense that Microsoft is at least aware of and perhaps attempting to address some of the issues we see posted here daily.

 

[Ian]

Glad to see some of the File Explorer fixes making their way through - the context menu problem seems to be very widespread.

 

[DaveG]

Thanks Ian. Just relieved that it's not a hardware problem. Rgds

 

[Trouble]

So much for my optimism regarding their release preview perhaps riding to our rescue.
Seems they are busy fixing other broken stuff.

Microsoft releases emergency KB5010795 update for Windows 11, and nine more out-of-band updates, to fix Patch Tuesday problems

The first Patch Tuesday of 2022 was little different to those in preceding months in as much as the updates released by Microsoft caused various problems for lots of Windows users -- quelle surprise!

betanews.com

Still hope springs eternal.

 

[Trouble]

Very often when a "Build" like this is released into the "Release Preview Channel" it suggests that much / most, if not all of the fixes contained in that release can be expected to show up in an upcoming Cumulative Update for the publicly available build of Windows 11

As predicted, I got this today on my Windows 11 machine running the General Availability public release.

January 25, 2022—KB5008353 (OS Build 22000.469) Preview - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com

They're still using the word "Preview" in the description but that's not how it showed up on my machine.

 

[Bill Shannon]

Just remove Java from your computer. Is a shame because I need java for a function I like. Explorer should start working then the problem is conflicts microsoft have caused with other software companies.

 

[Xploit Machine]

JAVA works perfectly under Windows 11 .. but I dont need JAVA anyway, I'm not a programmer .. but I used JAVA to play some games under Windows XP previously, but I don't think I'm playing games at my age now