Windows 8.1 Update 1 screenshots leaked - shows the ability to pin Windows 8 apps to the legacy taskbar

Microsoft's 2022 update for Windows 8.ane is aimed to land this April, and equally usual, screenshots have begun to leak a few months early on. Prominent hacker, WZor, has released a drove of screenshots from the latest build that reveal what may be in store for the future of Windows.

Known internally as "Windows Build 6.3.9600.16596.WINBLUES14_GDR_LEAN.140114-0237", the leaked build is an internal evolution variation that is considered "Microsoft Confidential". The screenshots depicted are from a Windows viii.1 Pro version of the operating system and at this time nosotros aren't aware of what slight changes there could be between the leaked professional version and the currently unseen consumer version of the operating system.

Taking a closer look at the system registry and "About" window captures exercise reveal Windows viii.1 Pro with the April "Update 1". The most fascinating role of the screenshots though, is the Windows Shop push pinned to the taskbar. This is the first time we take ever seen the power to collaborate with Windows 8 applications from the legacy desktop.

Looking inside the Taskbar and Navigation properties window, nosotros also see an option titled "Show Store apps on the taskbar". This confirms that Windows Store applications can in fact be pinned to the taskbar for fast admission, just in that location doesn't seem to exist evidence of the ability to run the Windows 8 applications on the desktop itself – only the ability to pivot them.

In many of the currently leaked screenshots, we tin can run across that the "Windows Store" icon is highlighted as if it is open up, but at that place is no sign of the application itself running. Information technology appears Windows 8.1 Update one will allow users to pin their favorite apps and keep track of what is running, but will not allow the ability to run said applications in windows on the legacy desktop.

These screenshots accept u.s. closer to rumors and leaks nosotros are beginning to hear virtually Windows ix, an operating organisation where legacy applications and Windows eight applications can run on the desktop together. Windows 8.1 Update i is due out afterwards this Apr and a leak is said to be on the way – nosotros will keep you updated as news develops.

What practice you recall of the noted improvements to Windows viii.1 Update one?

Source: WZor