For questions about the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809). Use [windows-10] for questions not specific to a particular release of Windows 10.
Questions tagged [windows-10-v1809]
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Windows 10 Update 1809 not offered even if I manually search for it
I am operating two different PCs both running Windows 10 Professional x64 Build 1803. I know that Microsoft has delayed the update to 1809 because of some problems, but I have also read that the update is supposed to be available now, and that…
Erik
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Shift+Space not working in Powershell
Since updating to Windows 10 v1809, pressing Shift+Space no longer sends a space in Powershell v5. If I use an older Windows 10 station (v1709), Shift+Space sends a space.
For example, I'm accustomed to pressing the following sequence of keys:
g, c,…
root
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OneDriveSetup.exe causes high CPU usage
On my Toshiba Encore 8 Tablet I noticed that the CPU usage is very high. In Taskmgr / ProcessExplorer, I can see that OneDriveSetup.exe is hogging 1 CPU cores heavily for hours.
How an I solve this hang and finish the OneDrive Update?
magicandre1981
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Windows 10 Home - 1809 Virtualization Features
I'm running Windows 10 Home edition. Recently updated to 1809. Found a few new features and services related to virtualization. Does this mean Hyper-V is now available for Home edition too? What do these additional features do?
The-Droidster
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Windows 10 1809 cannot search for emoji - restart did not fix
When I press ⊞ Win+. and start typing I get (shown is MS Teams, but same happens in other applications also):
The Windows display language is set to English
I have tried restarting the laptop per this other question, but no luck: Windows 10 1809…
Toby
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Enable Dark Mode for everything expect explorer.exe
In Windows 10 1809 explorer.exe received a dark mode which can be enabled in the modern settings app and is listed as "Choose your default app mode" under Personalization -> Colors.
I however don't really like the look of the dark explorer window…
User025
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Cannot seem to get Build 1809 update installed on Windows 10
I really want the Win10 Dark Mode theme update, but I cannot seem to get build 1809 installed. My machine is a Dell Precision T1700 running Windows 10 Enterprise. Windows Update says all updates are installed, yet it's still on build 1803. I have…
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How to just open a .pages document from Windows or Linux and without any Apple product?
Iwork pages uses a native format which can’t be opened from Openoffice nor Wordperfect nor Microsoft word…
All solutions I found involve using a macintosh or a paid Apple account whereas I was sent a document in .pages format and I have nothing…
user2284570
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Windows 10 Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), cannot open virtual port
After upgrading our Windows 10 PCs (to 1803 + 1809), it is not possible to connect to/open the (Bluetooth) virtual serial ports anymore.
We are using Bluetooth Barcode-Readers, which are connected via Bluetooth to virtual COM-Ports. Older versions…
Ben
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How to repair mirror set in Windows Storage Pool?
I have a storage pool with 2x2 drives in it. This is an "upgraded" Storage Pool being hosted by Windows 10 1809. One of the drives has started throwing errors -- SMART shows over a thousand recently-logged read errors, and Windows has thrown about a…
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PowerShell 64-bit hanging on new machine
I recently got a new computer with plenty of horsepower and its works very fast everywhere except PowerShell.
Environment:
Dell XPS 8930 (i7-8700K, 32GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD)
Windows 10 Pro with latest updates (1809/10.0.17763)
PowerShell…
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Windows 10 - Your phone - Add a phone - Disabled
I am on Windows 10 Version 1809 Build 17763.316. I opened the Your phone settings page (click on Start Menu > Cog (Settings) > Phone). The Add a phone + button is greyed out. A message in red says Some settings are hidden or managed by your…
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How to remove top bar of Windows Connect?
After updating to the Windows October 2018 Update, I have this bar at the top of my screen when I'm using Connect to cast to another screen:
This is after unpinning it, but it still appears when I move my mouse to the top of my screen, which is…
mic
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Windows 10 stuck at 73% updating to 1809
I've seen this on two machines now - once when performing a manual upgrade using the ISO and once via WSUS.
Both times, the installer gets to 73%, then stays there - indefinitely.
On the manual installer, I can just click Cancel and after a short…
Matty Brown
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w10-1803/1809 mouse hovering activates windows too fast
on w10-64, when it had updated to 1803, hovering mouse to various areas on the screen used to activate those windows too fast. I found solution on the net to define in ActiveWndTrkTimeout in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and set to 1000…
VSRawat
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