Home windows 10 KB5029331 replace introduces a brand new Backup app

Microsoft has launched the non-compulsory KB5029331 Preview cumulative replace for Home windows 10 22H2 with sixteen enhancements or fixes, together with the introduction of a brand new Backup app.

The KB5029331 cumulative replace preview is a part of Microsoft’s “non-compulsory non-security preview updates” schedule, that are launched on the fourth Tuesday of each month. This replace permits Home windows admins to check upcoming fixes and options that shall be launched within the upcoming September Patch Tuesday.

In contrast to Patch Tuesday cumulative updates, the preview updates don’t embody safety updates. 

Home windows customers can set up this replace by going into Settings, clicking on Home windows Replace, and manually performing a ‘Examine for Updates.’

As that is an non-compulsory replace, you can be requested whether or not you want to set up it by clicking the ‘Obtain and set up’ hyperlink, as proven within the picture under.

After putting in this replace, Home windows 10 22H2 shall be up to date to construct 19045.3393.

Home windows 10 customers can even manually obtain and set up the KB5029331 preview replace from the Microsoft Replace Catalog.

What’s new in Home windows 10 KB5029331

Whereas latest Home windows 10 updates have been performing primarily as bug fixes, this replace contains a number of new options, demonstrating that Microsoft is just not utterly ignoring Home windows 10 in favor of Home windows 11.

The 16 highlighted fixes and new options within the KB5029331 replace are:

• New!  This replace provides the Home windows Backup app to your system, as described within the subsequent part.
• New! This replace improves how Home windows detects your location. This helps to present you higher climate, information, and visitors data.
• New! This replace expands the roll out of notification badging for Microsoft accounts on the Begin menu. A Microsoft account is what connects Home windows to your Microsoft apps. The account backs up all of your knowledge and lets you handle your subscriptions. You may also add additional safety steps to maintain you from being locked out of your account. This function provides you fast entry to essential account-related notifications.
• This replace helps daylight saving time (DST) modifications in Israel.
• This replace addresses a difficulty that impacts the show of the search field.
• This replace addresses a difficulty that impacts settings. They don’t sync even in case you activate the toggle on the Home windows backup web page within the Settings app.

Lastly, Microsoft continues to warn a couple of long-standing bug with Home windows installations created from offline media or ISO pictures that causes Microsoft Edge Legacy to be eliminated and never changed with the brand new fashionable Microsoft Edge.

Directions on resolving this concern and a whole record of fixes could be discovered within the KB5029331 assist bulletin.

The brand new Home windows 10 Backup app

Probably the most surprising additions on this launch, is the discharge of a brand new Home windows 10 Backup app that can mechanically be put in with the replace.

The Home windows Backup app replicates the options of Home windows 11’s built-in backup settings web page in addition to the scattered settings all through Home windows 10.

Nevertheless, as a substitute of making a brand new devoted part for these options within the Home windows 10 settings, Microsoft has launched it as a standalone app known as Home windows Backup.

Just like the Home windows 11 Backup app, you need to use Home windows Backup to backup your information, directories, and folders to OneDrive. You may also backup saved WiFI credentials and different saved passwords, settings, and put in apps and preferences to your Microsoft account.

All of those options exist already in Home windows 10 however are scattered all through the Home windows 10 settings and apps.

For instance, the Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings web page already enables you to management what knowledge is synchronized together with your Microsoft account, and you need to use the OneDrive app to backup knowledge.

The Home windows Backup app simply brings these settings into one place, permitting Home windows 10 customers a one-stop view to handle these features.