Windows 10: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Skip Ahead Build 17618 - Mar. 7 Insider

**cereberus** · 08 Mar 2018

Kari said:

Anyone else seeing this in Edge, all Favorites bar icons changed to a generic one:

Attachment 179989

Works fine on my pc.

**blackroseMD1** · 08 Mar 2018

cereberus said:

I got this at first, then went to settings, updates and recovery, windows Insider Programme, and made sure I was set to get Insider builds, and changed option to recieve skip ahead, then rebooted, and tabs now appeared.

Thanks! That actually worked on my tablet. I could have sworn I did that on my desktop as well, but maybe not. I'll try again on my PC again tomorrow.

**cereberus** · 08 Mar 2018

VBJP said:

When launching a supported desktop (Win32) app from a tabbed window, such as protocol/file launch or from the new tab page, it launches in a new window instead of auto-grouping to the existing window. You can work around this for now by holding down the Ctrl key while launching a supported desktop (Win32) app – note, for File Explorer, in particular, you will need to hold down Ctrl until the new tab with File Explorer appears, not just Ctrl + click and immediately release.

Thanks for this. It is really yucky that pressing the +tab opens an Edge tab. I hope they mean in future pressing tab will open second instance of app, rather than having to click on file explorer icon in task bar but I doubt it.

Getting tabs at last after 20+ years of having them dropped is good but I would like to see ability to cascade the tabs, or put them side by side.

**JackFoley** · 08 Mar 2018

blackroseMD1 said:

Thanks! That actually worked on my tablet. I could have sworn I did that on my desktop as well, but maybe not. I'll try again on my PC again tomorrow.

That didn't work on my PC, unfortunately. Keep in mind I upgraded from 17115 to 17618.

**CallMeSteven** · 08 Mar 2018

Finally upgraded to 17618...after uninstalling Kaspersky Anti Virus software which caused a green screen/failed install klbackupdisc.sys.

Two issues

Store & all the apps not working (I tried the workaround which did not work!
In File Explorer I can see the + sign on open a new tab but for some reason that opens Edge

Anyone else having the File Explorer & apps issue?

Thanks Steven

**CountMike** · 08 Mar 2018

Yes, edge opens on every APP that has + sign.

**CallMeSteven** · 08 Mar 2018

Why? Should not be opening a new explorer tab?

**cereberus** · 08 Mar 2018

CallMeSteven said:

Why? Should not be opening a new explorer tab?

Solution was posted by @VBJP earlier.

When launching a supported desktop (Win32) app from a tabbed window, such as protocol/file launch or from the new tab page, it launches in a new window instead of auto-grouping to the existing window. You can work around this for now by holding down the Ctrl key while launching a supported desktop (Win32) app – note, for File Explorer, in particular, you will need to hold down Ctrl until the new tab with File Explorer appears, not just Ctrl + click and immediately release.

Rather than clicking plus, hold down ctrl key, and right click on file explorer, and select file explorer in popup context menu.

Cack handed but works.

**CountMike** · 08 Mar 2018

CallMeSteven said:

Why? Should not be opening a new explorer tab?

That's part of "Sets" and not classical tabs, those (for File Explorer should come later.

**CallMeSteven** · 08 Mar 2018

Ok..well I tried the @VBJP method in File Explorer, does not work as expected for me. I have read about 'Sets', but am still unclear exactly what it should do!! Anyway always interesting to try new versions.

Windows 10: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Skip Ahead Build 17618 - Mar. 7 Insider

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