
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 18305 (19H1) to Windows insiders in the fast ring and is available with Windows Sandbox, updated Settings page that contains a header, new start menu layout, and other changes. One change that you’ll notice in this build when you open and run Disk Cleanup utility is Disk Space Cleanup Manager for Windows now shows a warning when you select the Downloads folder for deletion of files, which is not the case in Windows 10 1809 as the tool without warning shows the message: ‘Files in downloads folder’. Read Watch out: Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 1809 includes Downloads folder.
Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 1903 shows warning for Downloads folder
“Warning: There are files in your personal Downloads folder. Select this if you’d like to delete everything. This does not respect Storage Sense Configuration”:
Check the below screenshot for Windows 10 version 1809 where Disk Cleanup doesn’t show any warning.
Source: Albacore
What’s your take on this improvement? Don’t you think this should have been already landed in Windows 10 October 2018 Update.
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