Glitches for Windows 11 Update Include Breaking File Explorer (zdnet.com) 26
Five days ago on Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released patch KB5051987 for Windows 11 version 24H2, writes the XDA Developers site.
But "As reported by Windows Latest and various communities like Reddit and Microsoft's help forum, many users have encountered a major issue..."
Some have reported that, in addition to File Explorer failing to launch, they're unable to open folders from the desktop, save Office files, or even download files. Clicking on a folder icon may display its subfolders, but the contents within remain inaccessible... Some users on Microsoft's help forum and Reddit have also reported that the KB5051987 patch fails to install entirely. The update gets stuck at a certain percentage for hours before eventually displaying an error code. While these are among the most widely reported issues, others have surfaced as well, including problems with Taskbar preview animations, the camera, and more.
"Microsoft keeps running into brick walls with the 2024 version of Windows 11," writes ZDNet. "Each new update designed to fix the outstanding bugs ends up introducing other problems..." Among the glitches resolved were ones that affected digital audio converters, USB audio drivers, USB cameras, and passkeys. The update also patched several security vulnerabilities, including some that were deemed critical....
Other glitches that may pop up include a stuttering mouse, an undetectable camera, .NET apps that cannot be installed inside the Windows Sandbox, and the Taskbar's new preview animation that does not work properly. You may also encounter other roadblocks. One person in the Windows Feedback Hub said that after installing the update, the battery life shows only 2.5 hours versus 6 hours previously. Another person found that the clipboard history no longer copies items from Microsoft Word...
Each annual Windows update can suffer from bugs, especially after being rolled out to millions of users. However, Windows 11 24H2 has been more problematic than usual. Since its official launch last October, the 2024 version has carried with it a host of known issues, many of which still haven't been resolved.
But "As reported by Windows Latest and various communities like Reddit and Microsoft's help forum, many users have encountered a major issue..."
Some have reported that, in addition to File Explorer failing to launch, they're unable to open folders from the desktop, save Office files, or even download files. Clicking on a folder icon may display its subfolders, but the contents within remain inaccessible... Some users on Microsoft's help forum and Reddit have also reported that the KB5051987 patch fails to install entirely. The update gets stuck at a certain percentage for hours before eventually displaying an error code. While these are among the most widely reported issues, others have surfaced as well, including problems with Taskbar preview animations, the camera, and more.
"Microsoft keeps running into brick walls with the 2024 version of Windows 11," writes ZDNet. "Each new update designed to fix the outstanding bugs ends up introducing other problems..." Among the glitches resolved were ones that affected digital audio converters, USB audio drivers, USB cameras, and passkeys. The update also patched several security vulnerabilities, including some that were deemed critical....
Other glitches that may pop up include a stuttering mouse, an undetectable camera, .NET apps that cannot be installed inside the Windows Sandbox, and the Taskbar's new preview animation that does not work properly. You may also encounter other roadblocks. One person in the Windows Feedback Hub said that after installing the update, the battery life shows only 2.5 hours versus 6 hours previously. Another person found that the clipboard history no longer copies items from Microsoft Word...
Each annual Windows update can suffer from bugs, especially after being rolled out to millions of users. However, Windows 11 24H2 has been more problematic than usual. Since its official launch last October, the 2024 version has carried with it a host of known issues, many of which still haven't been resolved.
...in other news.. (Score:2)
the sky is blue.
Re: ...in other news.. (Score:2)
And I want the simplicity and streamlined behavior of Windows 7 in classic UI mode back.
Windows 7? Give me Windows 2000 ... (Score:1)
... but with modern under-the-hood features and a modern web browser.
For the average user, Windows 2000 was pretty much uncluttered, especially by today's standards. It had a few games, but they weren't networked, didn't phone home, and as far as I remember, didn't have ads. It had a version of Internet Explorer and a few other basic applications.
Or, to put it another way, give me Windows 11 with most of what we call "apps" or "applications" and almost all "phone-home" features stripped out and most "unde
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I've been resisting the urge to upgrade as my Win 10 install is very stable.
This is not a test (Score:2)
Re:This is not a test (Score:5, Insightful)
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Well this is the same MS that is hell bent on getting everyone off Windows 10 despite examples like this as why people are hesitant to migrate.
Errrr no. No one is "hesitant to migrate". The migration is all but forced for users who are capable of actually running Windows 11. In any case you're risk aversion is quite skewed. Windows is objectively buggy. There's lots of enduring problems in the system and they frequently get fixed with major version updates. Yeah new bugs are introduced and the occasional windows update gets screwed up, but on the whole MS fixes far more than they typically break with updates.
Heck I even remember installing an insi
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Microsoft QA? (Score:2)
Re: Microsoft QA? (Score:3)
They focus more on bloat and user tracking than stability and security.
Re: Microsoft QA? (Score:2)
Maybe Copilot writes all their code now.
"Insiders" are supposed to replace QA (Score:3)
MS thought they were being clever by sacking their QA team offloading beta testing onto the public with their "insider program". The trouble is it isn't rigorous. "Insiders" aren't systematically trying to find stuff that's broken in the parts that have changed. It doesn't give meaningful coverage.
Windows ain't done... (Score:5, Funny)
'til File Explorer won't run!
Re: Windows ain't done... (Score:2)
Does WINFILE.EXE still run on latest Windows versions?
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Re: Windows ain't done... (Score:2)
Yes, in a VM.
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Yes. You can compile it from source here:
https://github.com/microsoft/w... [github.com]
But I have to upgrade to Win11 in October? (Score:3, Interesting)
Lovely. Perhaps they'd like to extend the EOL for Windows 10 by a year while they make sure basic OS functionality is operational in Windows 11.
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It's never stopped them before, why now?
Windows update has been breaking itself as long as it's existed.
Get rid of it (Score:2)
At this point, with as many failures as Microsoft has with this "patch", the best thing to do is issue a full roll-back to the previous version and undo all these failures. Then, they can take a look at what they did and take a flamethrower to it. For at least a minute to be sure it's dead.
For a company of ths size to have this many repeated failures can't even be called disgraceful. Incompetent is the only word which can be used.
Priorities on AI Enshitification (Score:2)
Not that I complain, but (Score:2)
In the grand scheme of things (Score:2)
Microsoft and their buggy ass updates wreck more havoc with the average PC than any
intentionally crafted malicious content does in this day and age.
You can do everything right and Microsoft will still break your f*****g computer :|
I'm not entirely sure how Microsoft is able to avoid getting the sh*t sued out of them for
the absolute chaos their own ( forced ) patches create.
The very definition... (Score:2)
Each new update designed to fix the outstanding bugs ends up introducing other problems...
Isn't this what's known in the industry as Technical Debt? Or in this case, a failure to pay down said Debt with sufficient diligence...