After releasing many versions of KB4469342 to insiders, Microsoft has released Cumulative Update KB4469342 for Windows 10 version 1809 to the general public, that bumps OS build number to 17763.168. As we covered when it was released to Release Preview users, the update fixes file association, mapped network drives, brightness and other issues October 2018 update users are having. In the support document, MS promises to release a fix for Windows Media Player bug during mid-December 2018.
KB4469342 (OS build 17763.168) for Windows 10 1809
Important fixes
We’re giving important fixes from changelog below, you can check the full list of issues fixed here.
- Addresses an issue that causes brightness slider preference to reset to 50% when the device restarts.
- Addresses an issue that prevents some users from setting win32 program defaults for certain app and file type combinations using the open with .command or settings > Defaults App > Apps.
- Addresses an issue that may cause mapped drives to fail to reconnect after starting and logging onto a Windows device.
Known issues
Apart from Windows Media Player Seek bar issue, the support document mentions Microsoft Edge may get crashed while playing a video due to Nvidia driver, acknowledges it as a known issue. The page confirms Nvidia has released an updated driver to fix the issue and company documents and provides a download link for updated version here.
Cumulative Update KB4469342 is available via Windows Update, and you can also download it manually from Microsoft Update Catalog site.
