New Windows 10 update breaks one of its most useful features for some users whats going on?

Date:
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:38:02 +0000

Description:
Despite Microsoft focusing on Windows 11, Windows 10 is still causing issues for some people.

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A new Windows 10 update appears to be breaking a major feature for some
users, with the handy Alt-Tab function seemingly not working.

As Windows Latest reports , some people who have downloaded the July 2021 preview (KB5004296) and the August 2021 update (KB5005033) are unable to use the Alt-Tab feature properly. How to speed up Windows 10 Here's how to
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When using Windows 10, if you hold down Alt, then press the Tab key on your keyboard, you can quickly scroll through open apps and windows. When you stop pressing the Tab key, the highlighted window or app you stop at will be selected.

Its a quick and easy way to jump between apps, and it can also prove
extremely useful if youre using a full-screen application, such as a game,
and you need to jump to another app. It can also be helpful if the app youre using becomes unresponsive, as using Alt-Tab will get you out of the app
thats crashed, allowing you to save your work and troubleshoot any issues.

However, there are reports that trying to use Alt-Tab between full-screen
apps no longer works, with users either getting a blank screen, or just being dumped in the Windows 10 desktop. This is an incredibly useful feature, so
for it to break is rather frustrating, to say the least. How to fix the problem

Thankfully, there are ways to fix the problem. Some users are reporting that uninstalling the faulty update fixes the issues. This is a rather severe way of fixing the problem, as it means youre missing out on any other fixes and additional features that the update provides. We always recommend keeping Windows 10 updated, so uninstalling updates should only be done as a last resort.

If you want to do this, follow the steps in our how to uninstall a Windows 10 update guide.

Another way to fix it is to disable the News and Interests feed, which is a relatively new addition to Windows 10, and appears to be causing the issue.
To do this, right-click on the Windows 10 taskbar and select Settings, then
go to the News and interests section and click on Turn off. This will disable the News and Interests widget in the taskbar, but will make Alt-Tab work again. Analysis: Microsoft still needs to fix Windows 10 (Image credit: Stokkete / Shutterstock)

This is yet another update for Windows 10 that appears to cause problems for other parts of the operating system, while adding new features. For a few years now, Windows 10 updates that break more than they fix have been frustratingly common, and while not every user experiences these issues, they are widespread enough to cause many people to feel apprehensive about
updating Windows 10, in case their working PC suddenly encounters issues.

This isnt a good look for Microsoft, and while a lot of its energy is being spent on refining Windows 11 before its launch later this year, it really needs to make sure that Windows 10 continues to be fixed and it needs to
make sure that future Windows 10 updates dont keep breaking things.

This is because users need to have confidence that keeping Windows 10 updated wont break things. If people stop updating their version of Windows 10, it means they could miss out on important security updates and thats not a situation we want to be in.

And, if Windows 10 is still having issues, people will be less likely to
trust Windows 11 after all, if Microsoft cant fix its six-year-old operating system, what kind of state will its brand-new OS be in?

Its also interesting that the News and Interests feature seems to be an issue here. This is a new addition that no one really asked for, and many people
are getting annoyed by. It feels like a way for Microsoft to push its other services on users by forcing you to open up news stories in its Edge
browser, rather than your default browser while also collecting user information. This is annoying enough, but if this move is now coming at the expense of genuinely useful features, Microsoft could soon feel the wrath of users so itll need to tread carefully. These are the best laptops



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