You’d think that someone at Microsoft HQ would’ve made it an explicit resolution to get 2020 off to a get start when it comes to Windows 10 updates. Clearly someone didn’t get the memo, as the year has started off with a major update bug, as well as lingering issues from previous updates.

Thankfully, there are workarounds or outright fixes to many of these, so we’ve decided to keep a monthly feed of the biggest problems blighting the Windows 10 update process, and how to fix them.
File Explorer Broken by November Update (v1909)
The good folks at Windows Latest have gathered together numerous user reports complaining that the November 2019 update has caused myriad problems with the all-important File Explorer. Reports range from broken search boxes, to the File Explorer crashing and other malfunctioning core features.

While those in the Windows Insider program have already received fixes for these issues, regular Windows 10 Product Key users may have to wait until the February update as Windows Insider employee Brandon LeBlanc tweeted that these are not “pressing problems”.