New Update Windows 10 April 2023 Patch Tuesday (KB5025221) out — here's what's new and what's broke

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Patch Tuesday time again. As such, today Microsoft is rolling out the monthly security update (also called "B release") for April 2023 on Windows Server 20H2, and Windows 10 for the latest versions, 21H1, 21H2, and 22H2. The new updates are being distributed under KB5025221, bumping up the builds to 19042.2846, 19044.2846, and 19045.2846. You can find standalone links to download the new update on Microsoft Update Catalog at this link here.

The major highlight of the release as usual is security updates for Windows 10.

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This update addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.

Windows 10 April 2023 Patch Tuesday (KB5025221) out — here's what's new and what's broke

Microsoft has released new Patch Tuesday updates today for April 2023 on Windows 10 versions 21H1, 21H2, and 22H2 under KB5025221. There are also updates for older Windows 10 versions too.

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Thank you for sharing the latest Windows 10 update news. Yes, as per the latest Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released KB5025221 update that will address security issues for Windows operating system. Users can download the update via Microsoft Update Catalog.

 

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Latest Windows 11 and 10 Patch Tuesdays are trying to coax Chrome users to switch to Edge

In this episode of Microsoft trying to force people to use Edge, the company, since the latest Patch Tuesday, has now been pushing the default apps Settings page up when a link is opened via Chrome.

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The issue is pretty widespread. It seems as if 387 people have upvoted this by choosing the "I have the same question" option. Over on the Microsoft forum, a user Todd Fuhrman1 posted the same question and it too has been upvoted by 87 people. On the same Google forum thread, a user offers a solution which is basically to uninstall the updates (Windows 11 22H2: KB5025239, Windows 11 21H2: KB5025224, and Windows 10: KB5025221). This seems to resolve the issue, indicating that Patch Tuesday indeed messed something up, perhaps even deliberately.