14 DAY TRIAL // With Windows 10 Creators Update now available as a manual download, and with Windows Update rollout scheduled to begin on April 11, Microsoft decided to push the very first Redstone 3 build to insiders as well, as the company begins a new chapter for its operating system.
Windows 10 build 16170 is now shipping to insiders in the Fast ring, and just as expected, there’s no big change available for the time being. Microsoft is only paving the way for bigger updates that will be released in the coming months, so the first builds are all about improvements and refinements to OneCore.
There are only a few changes and fixes in this build, and no new features. One of the visible changes concerns File Explorer, which is getting a new share icon that Microsoft says aligns the app with the new share iconography of the company.
Users are also getting some bug fixes for problems causing the PC to fail to install new builds, but also for errors that impacted night light schedule.
Known issues
Windows 10 build 16170 comes with several known issues as well, and users installing it should really have a look at them before anything else. For example, Dona Sarkar, head of the Windows Insider program, says some apps and games may crash on this build before a misconfiguration of the advertising ID in an older build.
“Specifically, this issue affects new user accounts that were created on Build 15031. The misconfiguration can continue to persist after upgrading to later builds. The ACL on the registry key incorrectly denies access to the user and you can delete the following registry key to get out of this state: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo,” she explains.
You can check out the full changelog in the box after the jump, but keep in mind that given this is an early build of Redstone 3, some other bugs that aren’t included in the release notes are very likely.