Microsoft Rereleases Windows 10 October 2018 Update, Fixes Data Deletion Bug (theverge.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Microsoft is re-releasing its Windows 10 October 2018 Update today, following the company pulling it offline due to data deletion issues over the weekend. The software giant says there were only a few reports of data loss, at a rate of one one-hundredth of one percent. "We have fully investigated all reports of data loss, identified and fixed all known issues in the update, and conducted internal validation," says Microsoft's John Cable, director of program management for Windows Servicing and Delivery. Microsoft is now re-releasing the Windows 10 October 2018 Update to Windows Insiders, before rolling it out more broadly to consumers. "We will carefully study the results, feedback, and diagnostic data from our Insiders before taking additional steps towards re-releasing more broadly," explains Cable.

It appears the bug that caused file deletion was related to Windows 10 users who had enabled Known Folder Redirection to redirect folders like desktop, documents, pictures, and screenshots from the default location. Microsoft introduced code in its latest update to delete the empty and duplicate known folders, but it appears they weren't always empty. Microsoft has developed fixes to address a variety of problems related to these folder moves, and these fixes are now being tested with Windows Insiders.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Then again...I also don't log-in or use OneDrive.

Here is my Win10 wish list.

1. Have an easy setup option that lets me turn off onedrive, cortana, junk applications, advertisements, and any telemetry. It can be multiple options as long as i can just change them quickly. By turn off I mean not loaded at all.

2. Auto save those choices against my install key, with an easy reinstall from a usb image downloaded from microsoft. In fact, let the download link be for that system with everything ready to go, including adding to the list any common applications that are freely available. Also add a description of the PC, and of course make sure everyone can log in and browse their licenses/transfer them to new hardware/etc. Basically make flatten and reload little more than a few simple steps.

3. Make the built in antivirus provably at least as good as mcafee, and go on a long campaign to convince all fortune 500's to switch. I'm including full disk encryption in this. Seriously, I'd cheer if microsoft could finally destroy that abomination. It's sort of the borg destroying the thing even worse than the borg. Microsoft could be a hero.

4. When you download a new install usb image from microsoft you get should get a fully updated system in say 30 minutes tops. A custom usb image like this should include what is needed for those settings. (If need be you can select the settings in a web page.) (You should be able to specify hardware or get it scanned and automatically get all drivers.)

5. Provide standard iso images similar to the previous to load standard VMs, including having common microsoft software loaded by default (visual studio/git for example).