A new preview version of Windows Terminal is now available for testing. The update fixes various bugs, including a crash caused by closing a pane too quickly, preventing crashes caused from zooming in too much, recalling tabs via "default terminal," and restarting output using OSC sequences. Furthermore, assistive technologies such as screen readers and Inspect can now pinpoint your position without fail. The update also explains when Built-in Glyphs will be used and addresses difficulties with PowerShell's experimental "menu completion" feature.
Windows Terminal 1.20.11381.0 is now available. The update includes bug fixes for crashes caused by closing panes too quickly, preventing crashes caused by zooming in too much, fixing tab memory issues, allowing assistive technology to detect location with cursor movement, and resolving Narrator issues. There are now clickable URLs on the right side of the screen, as well as enlarged ones.
The release candidate for TypeScript 5.5, a high-level programming language, is now available from Microsoft. TypeScript adds static typing and optional type annotations to JavaScript. It is free and open-source. With its ability to transpile to JavaScript, it is well-suited for building massive apps.
Microsoft has released the first development build of Windows Package Manager 1.8 for Windows 10 and 11. It contains experimental features, fixes for e2e tests, mixed elevation integration difficulties, and preliminary support for msstore download.
The build will be released to Windows Insider Dev builds and Windows Package Manager Insiders. The changes include setting the test source package as trusted, removing parent directories when empty, completing MSStore download and licensing, stabilizing proxy features, indexing V2, removing PAT tokens for ADO fuzzing tasks, updating correlation tools, enabling logging for inproc invocations, fixing limit mode metadata blocking, moving paths code to shared, and updating sfs.
The build will be released to Windows Insider Dev builds and Windows Package Manager Insiders. The changes include setting the test source package as trusted, removing parent directories when empty, completing MSStore download and licensing, stabilizing proxy features, indexing V2, removing PAT tokens for ADO fuzzing tasks, updating correlation tools, enabling logging for inproc invocations, fixing limit mode metadata blocking, moving paths code to shared, and updating sfs.
The first Windows Package Manager 1.8 release candidate build for Windows 10 and 11 is now available. This release disables experimental features, and WinGet v1.8 will be the final stable version of WinGet that does so.
The change log includes updating the WinGet Download specification, adding CDN troubleshooting steps, updating the fuzzing code coverage pipeline, increasing the version to 1.8, removing x86 platforms from the fuzzing pipeline, making the SQLite wrapper more resilient, standardizing documentation formatting, resolving conflicts with issue forms, refactoring IPackage, and enabling WindowsPackageManagerCommandLineInterfaces Policy Behavior. The release also adds experimental support for multiple installed versions, MultiQuery duplicates, source trust level settings, and improved MSStore installation success rates.
The change log includes updating the WinGet Download specification, adding CDN troubleshooting steps, updating the fuzzing code coverage pipeline, increasing the version to 1.8, removing x86 platforms from the fuzzing pipeline, making the SQLite wrapper more resilient, standardizing documentation formatting, resolving conflicts with issue forms, refactoring IPackage, and enabling WindowsPackageManagerCommandLineInterfaces Policy Behavior. The release also adds experimental support for multiple installed versions, MultiQuery duplicates, source trust level settings, and improved MSStore installation success rates.
PowerToys 0.81.0 is now available. Key improvements include fixing triggered Advanced Paste issues, adding a GPO rule to disable AI online models, improving descriptions on Advanced Paste settings and OOBE pages, resolving clipboard history issues, and addressing PowerToys Run's accent color issue in Windows Settings.
Microsoft has released the May 2024 edition of the Azure SDK.
Microsoft has announced the release of NuGet 6.10, which includes new features and bug fixes.
PowerToys version 0.81.0 has been released. This release includes a new AI-powered application called Advanced Paste, which converts clipboard material into several formats. Command Not Found now works with PowerShell Gallery and supports ARM64. Accessibility concerns have been addressed, and the Environment Variables Editor, Hosts File Editor, and Registry Preview utilities have been released.
The Windows Package Manager 1.7.11261 has been released. The fifth stable release of Windows Package Manager 1.7 for Windows 10 and 11 has resolved issues with mixed elevation integration. Management. Configuration as a remote server dependence, together with trimmed lengthier configuration text blocks.
The Windows Terminal Preview version 1.21.1272.0 has been released. This release has several notable features, including the ability to remember and restore the contents of the screen when using the "Open windows from a previous session" startup option, buffer snapshots stored in human-readable text, multiple active fonts, support for comma-separated face names, rendering pixel-perfect block elements, box-drawing characters, PowerLine symbols, and high-fidelity textured shade glyphs, customizable OpenType Features and Axes, and the capability.
Windows Terminal 1.20.11271.0 has been released. The new rendering engine is enabled by default, and resizing has been rewritten for faster and more reliable results. Alterate Scroll Mode is also enabled for easier page scrolling.
Windows Terminal Preview version 1.20.11215.0 has been released. Windows Terminal now includes Cascadia Code 2404.23, which eliminates search result highlighting and permits %WT_SETTINGS_DIR% in settings.json for portable mode. The most recent Azure Cloud Shell API version has been relocated to avoid difficulties. Bug fixes include patches for session restoration from 1.21, custom Pixel Shaders no longer acting strangely after running for too long, a memory leak on window close addressed, hidden cursors no longer reappearing unexpectedly, and UI style problems in menu item capitalization and ellipses.
Windows Terminal version 1.19.11213.0 has been released. This is the final servicing release for Stable 1.19, which includes changes such as Terminal now using Cascadia Code 2404.23, a move to the most recent Azure Cloud Shell API version, and bug fixes for hidden cursors, minimized window movement, and UI style errors in menu item capitalization and ellipses.
The source code for MS-DOS v4.00, which was developed in collaboration with IBM, has been released by Microsoft for historical reference.
A beta version of TypeScript 5.5, high-level programming language, is now available from Microsoft. TypeScript adds static typing and optional type annotations to JavaScript. It is free and open-source. With its ability to transpile to JavaScript, it is well-suited for building massive apps.
Microsoft has released the April 2024 edition of the Azure SDK.
Windows Package Manager 1.8.1133-preview has been released. Changes include adding triggers for context labels, supporting optional limitations in configuration, dynamic runtime configuration, increasing MSStore installation success rate, refactoring HttpClientHelper to CommonCore, adding AdditionalLibraryDirectories to UndockedRegFreeWinRT, and adding Arm64 to the list of architectures in Module Initialization.
The fourth stable release of the Windows Package Manager 1.7 series for Windows 10 and Windows 11 fixes problems and adds arm64 support for Microsoft.WinGet.Client PowerShell module. Changes include the ability to establish optional limitations in the configuration, an enhanced MSStore installation success rate, dynamic runtime configuration support, and package case functionality.
There is a new bugfix release of PowerToys available. This release also includes an update to.NET 8.0.4 that addresses startup crashes on older CPUs. There were issues with the installation of DSC module folders, the Keyboard Manager Editor crashing when Visual C++ Redistributable was not installed, and the Text Extractor settings page not opening. These issues have been fixed.
