This build is the first build to introduce Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. A full screen button is added to the new Start menu, allowing the user to toggle the full-screen experience without having to go to the Settings app, logging out, and logging back in, as it was required in previous builds. It replaces the Start menu and Start screen, built on legacy DirectUI used on Previous Windows builds and releases. This build brings an all-new Start menu built on top of the UWP APIs. This build was released after Microsoft's January Windows 10 event where it showed off its upcoming roadmap for the operating system as well as introduced new hardware, including the HoloLens and Surface Hub. It also brings Operating system compression through the Disk Cleanup utility. This build brings native support for Matroska file types. Internet Explorer contains opt-in preview of new EdgeHTML rendering engine. New 3 finger gestures have also been added to switch to Task View and switch between virtual desktops. Other UI changes in this build include the ability to hide the "Task View" and "Search" buttons from the Taskbar, updated minimize and restore animations, updated menu icon for "Metro-Style" apps from 3 dots to hamburger-style icon. OneDrive now uses selective synchronization of local contents with the cloud service. This build brought upon one of the most controversial changes to the operating system by removing the OneDrive's "Smart Files" that allowed users to view and work with files on OneDrive through File Explorer even if they were not synced to the device. This is the last public preview build to have the version number of 6.4. The second public preview build of Windows 10 introduces Action Center, which debuted in Windows Phone 8.1. The Windows command line console is updated with this build with new functionalities including, allowing users to cut, copy, and paste texts with the standard keyboard shortcuts, the ability to display the console at full screen at any display resolution, and transparency options. Other improvements in this area include the expansion of the window snapping feature allowing apps to be snapped on up to four corners with "Snap Assist" feature that suggest other windows to snap when the users snaps a window. Improvements are made to window management with the introduction of Task View that features virtual desktops. In this build, "Metro-Style" apps, direct predecessors to UWP apps, can be run in floating windows. It introduces a hybrid start menu that combines the functionality of that of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. This is the first public preview build of Microsoft Windows 10. Preview builds of Windows 10, version 1507 Support of version 1507 ended on May 9, 2017, for devices in the Current Branch and Current Branch for Business. The final release was made available to Windows Insiders on July 15, 2015, followed by a public release on July 29, 2015.
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