Windows 10 It is in its last year of life, however, that does not mean that it will not receive new features. With less than 365 days until official support ends, Microsoft prepares to release two legacy Windows 11 features. Although they are minor updates, the change suggests that Redmond has not forgotten Windows 10.
The latest Windows 10 update, available in the Beta and Release Preview channels of the Insider programinclude some improvements for the operating system. Along with a renewed experience in the section About — which offers more information about your computer — two Windows 11 features are included. These features They are hidden and are not activated by defaultalthough it is possible to do it through a trick.
According to the Windows enthusiast, PhantomofearthWindows 10 build 19045.5070 (KB5045594) adds a new button to the UI. The “Copy File” button is located in the share menu to copy your documents more easily. Likewise, a preview of the file with its icon and size is added within the same menu.
Although these functions have been in Windows 11 for some time, Windows 10 users were not able to receive them. Curiously, both are hidden and do not appear in the official documentation for the KB5045594 patch.
Windows 10 update also includes a new start menu with an improved account manager which provides your account information and access to settings. Users can log out from the start menu or use the Lock command from the Power option.
How to activate the new Windows 11 features in Windows 10
As with other features that are not documented, but if included in the update, users can access them through the ViveTool tool. To do it you just have to download a file from the official GitHub repository and unzip it to an operating system folder (for example “C:\vivetool”).
Subsequently, just open a Windows command terminal (CMD.exe) inside the folder or navigate to it with the following command “cd c:\vivetool”. Once done, just enter the following command “vivetool.exe /enable /id:53614885″ for the Copy button and vivetool.exe /enable /id:53511882” for the file preview. In case the ids don’t work , Phantomofearth suggests trying 48433719 and 49453572.
Prima facie, the two Windows 11 features seem unattractive for the average user. If you don’t activate them with ViveTool you won’t miss much, although their arrival shows that Microsoft is still thinking about launching new features in Windows 10. At the moment it is unknown if they will be activated in a future update.
