Windows 10 October update now available

Hi, I received the update on October 3rd. I checked Windows Updates when I first signed into my laptop. It was around 7:30 a.m. It took about 30 minutes for the update to prepare for downloading. It took around 40 minutes to download, and another 30 minutes to install. I received that update and a definition update for Windows Defender.

It took around another 40 minutes for the updates and installation after I restarted. I had no problem whatsoever after I was back on my desktop. I like the new look of my documents, picture, and video folders. I also had no missing folders or files. I like the new sleek look, and chose black when I click on documents, videos or pictures.

I noticed that there is now Snip and Sketch instead of my snipping tool. The only change I noticed is that Cortana will suddenly appear or open up asking me if I want to add eggs to my shopping list, etc. I usually click on the microphone in the Search Bar when I wish to talk her, but she's obviously decided to pop-up and ask me questions whenever she feels like it. LOL! I just simply close Cortana and everything is okay.

This is actually the only problem I've come across. Everything else is working fine. I have a Dell 15 R (Core i5) laptop (Inspiron 7520) with AMD Radeon HD 7730 M.  I didn't manually download the Fall update. It automatically began downloading after I checked for Updates in Windows Update. I didn't even realize it was time for the Fall Update.

So, since I'm not having any problems other than Cortana popping up every now and then, I believe it's okay to stick with this new fall version.

Has this issue been fixed yet? Can we now download the latest version without the missing files stuff?

Grabbed the ISO on Tuesday 10/2 and have done 4 desktops with DVD in place upgrade and 1 laptop with a msdc in place over 1803 with no problems.  I keep my main data on separate hdd(s) and/or ssd(s); but also utilize the user/documents etc. structure for unimportant files.  Everything ported OK on all systems and I use OneDrive. I guess things are aligned for my systems this week as I usually get hit with these problems; hence the Important Data is always kept on Separate Drive(s) with redundant backups everywhere. Been using 2Brightsparks SynBackFree for Decades.

Stop being such a Microsoft apologist. I have had auto-backup to OneDrive turned off ever since I got my Surface (and for good reason, too), and the issue still happened. There's no denying that something went horribly wrong with the update and that Microsoft is responsible for shoddy QC.

Really? That's not what it says it does.

The April 2018 update is 1803, not 1809.