Canary Build 28020.1685: Quick Fixes for Windows Update Woes and Voice‑Powered File Renaming
If the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1685 has landed on your machine, you’ll notice a couple of small but surprisingly useful tweaks. This piece covers how to finally clean up those stubborn update remnants without risking a system hiccup, plus a neat trick that lets you rename files with your voice instead of the keyboard.
Tackling Windows Update File Hang in Canary Build 28020.1685
After a big update, it’s all too common for leftover chunks like windows.old or orphaned update cache to cling on and bloat the disk. In older builds you’d try “Disk Cleanup” or even the dreaded cleanmgr /sageset:1 hack, only to find that sometimes the files refuse to delete and your free space stays stubbornly low. This build patches that reliability issue by tightening the logic behind Settings > System > Storage’s “Free up space” feature. Now when you hit Remove files, it checks for orphaned update data more aggressively and will actually wipe them out, restoring a chunk of storage you’ve probably been missing since last year.
Renaming Files with Your Voice – No More Keyboard Strain
File Explorer has always felt a bit clunky when it comes to quick edits. The new voice‑typing shortcut (Windows Key + H) lets you rename items without pulling out the keyboard at all. Just highlight a file, hit Win‑H, say the new name, and press Enter—the system transcribes in real time. It’s especially handy on touch‑screen laptops or when your hands are full of coffee mugs.
The nuance here is that voice typing only activates during rename mode; it doesn’t replace the entire Explorer UI. Still, for the occasional “Rename this folder to something longer than 15 characters,” it saves a few keystrokes and feels oddly futuristic. If you’re one of those people who have never used Windows speech recognition because it always demanded a microphone, give this a try—no mic needed, just your voice.
Toggle‑On Rollout
Not every feature in the Canary channel is immediately on for everyone. Some users will see the storage cleanup improvement sooner than others, while the voice rename might still be behind an opt‑in flag. Keep an eye on the Insider settings; enabling “Apply updates to my device as soon as they’re available” typically brings the newest changes faster.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1685 (Canary Channel)
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1685 to the Canary Channel. (KB 5079381)
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1685 (Canary Channel)
