New Windows 10 RedStone 5 Insider Preview available in the Skip Ahead Ring

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A new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build is now available for Windows 10 Insiders on Skip Ahead

The RS5 build number is 17634 (RS5) and brings the following changes:

Search is now available in Calendar for Windows 10!

Now you can find past or future events by searching for the name, location, people included or words in the event body. Events that match your search will be clearly visible on your calendar, while those that don’t will be greyed-out so you can find what you need quickly.

Search will work for Outlook, Hotmail, Live and Office 365 accounts.  The Calendar app does not yet support searching Exchange Server, Gmail, Yahoo or other IMAP calendars.

Cortana Show Me now supports voice queries

Last week, Microsoft introduced Cortana Show Me, a preview app designed to show you around Windows 10 settings.  This build brings improvements to the feature – you can now launch the app through voice queries. Simply say to Cortana, “Show me how to change my background,” and you’ll get the previous help results, with a new “Let’s go” button below, which launches the guided help experience. The app is available in English (US and Great Britain) and in German, and there are 15 settings guides. While most Insiders don’t need pointers like this, it’s for all the friends and family Microsoft have who need a pointer – please share it with them.

You can download Cortana Show Me from Microsoft Store.

Note: If you’re using keyboard navigation with your device, you will need to use Alt + Tab to move between Settings and Cortana Show Me.

Here are some voice queries to try:

  • Update Windows – Try, “Update my Windows device”
  • Check if an app is installed – Try, “How to see what apps are installed”
  • Uninstall an app – Try “How to uninstall apps”
  • Change your desktop background – Try, “Show me how to change my background”
  • Use Airplane Mode – Try, “How do I turn on airplane mode”
  • Change your display brightness – Try, “Show me how to change my screen brightness”
  • Add nearby printers or scanners – Try, “How to add a printer”
  • Turn off Windows Defender Security Center – Try, “Show me how to turn off Windows Defender Security Center”
  • Change Wi-Fi settings – Try, “Show me how to change Wi-Fi network”
  • Change your power settings – Try, “How to change when my computer goes to sleep”
  • Discover Bluetooth devices – Try, “Show me how to discover devices”
  • Check your version of Windows – Try, “How do I find my current version of Windows”

General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC

  • Microsoft fixed an issue where typing in the Microsoft Edge URL bar immediately after opening a new tab might result in the letters appearing in an unexpected order.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue when opening .html or .pdf files from the local system (double-click, right-click > open), Microsoft Edge will not render the loaded content if Microsoft Edge wasn’t already running before opening the file.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue where PDFs displayed using Microsoft Edge would shrink after refreshing the page when using a DPI scaling > 100%.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue that could result in Microsoft Edge crashing when turning off certain extensions.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue resulting in Task Manager not showing the application title in the process name for open Visual Studio projects.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue resulting in the UAC dialog potentially not rendering correctly in the last few flights.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue resulting in certain devices with BitLocker enabled unexpectedly booting into BitLocker recovery in recent flights.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue where the Emoji Panel would close after typing an accent in certain languages.
  • Microsoft fixed an issue resulting in focus being lost after using WIN+A to close the Action Center.

Known issues

  • If you open Settings and clicking on any links to the Microsoft Store or links in tips, Settings will crash. This includes the links to get themes and fonts from the Microsoft Store, as well as the link to Windows Defender.
  • On resuming from sleep, the desktop may be momentarily visible before the Lock screen displays as expected.
  • When Movies & TV user denies access to its videos library (through the “Let Movies & TV access your videos library?” popup window or through Windows privacy settings), Movies & TV crashes when the user navigates to the “Personal” tab.

Insiders on Skip Ahead can download the update by Checking for Updates in settings.

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