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Jen Gentleman ๐ŸŒบ @JenMsft

I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input more

Joined August 2015
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Jen Gentleman ๐ŸŒบ@JenMsft
24 Feb 2024
I'm the life of parties
A guy standing off in a corner at a party with a drink, thinking to himself while watching everyone else dance. "They don't know - if you hold CTRL it will stop the processes in Task Manager from moving around

ALT A guy standing off in a corner at a party with a drink, thinking to himself while watching everyone else dance. "They don't know - if you hold CTRL it will stop the processes in Task Manager from moving around

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He walked into the meeting smelling of spices - a seasoned expert
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Hello, my name isโ€” [Suddenly I'm teleported away to another world. They need my help! I go questing over the land to save their kingdom. Years have passed. My job done, I'm teleported back - the other person has no idea that I've been gone. I missed hearing their name]
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All I'm saying is: Task master is great and if you've never watched it you're missing out on a bunch of laughs
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You get a build! You get a build! You get a build! Check for updates now, #WindowsInsiders ๐Ÿ˜Š
Windows Insider Program
@windowsinsider
Jun 12
Busy flighting day today, new builds for everybody! aka.ms/WIP-Beta-6-12-2026 aka.ms/WIP-Beta26H1-6-12-202โ€ฆ aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-6-12โ€ฆ aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-โ€ฆ aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-6-โ€ฆ aka.ms/ReleasePreview24H2-25โ€ฆ aka.ms/ReleasePreview-26H1

ALT Lockdown Airport GIF

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One day you burned your last CD
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People who are too young to have ever burned a CD, please don't remind me lol
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Don't touch that - it's my emotional support collection of random screenshots
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.Morten ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ—บ๐Ÿ’ป@dotMorten
Jun 9
Windows App SDK 2.2 just landed: nuget.org/packages/Microsoftโ€ฆ OMD Diff: omds.xaml.dev/WinAppSDK_2.2.โ€ฆ Release notes: github.com/microsoft/Windowsโ€ฆ I'm liking the new ApplicationData API for unpackaged apps. That will make life a lot simpler.

Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 2.2.0

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support.

nuget.org
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We're working on the ability to move the taskbar - what side of the screen will you pick?
It's the default Windows 11 Bloom wallpaper (a bunch of swishy blue folds, loosely resembling a flower or bush). White lines have been drawn pointing to each of the sides of the image

ALT It's the default Windows 11 Bloom wallpaper (a bunch of swishy blue folds, loosely resembling a flower or bush). White lines have been drawn pointing to each of the sides of the image

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(or did you pick, if you're one of the insiders that has the change already ๐Ÿ˜Š)
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Windows Insider Program
@windowsinsider
Jun 8
Hey Insiders, we're flighting several builds today, including a new 26H1 build train. See the WIP blog for more details: aka.ms/WIPBlog6-8-2026

Announcing new builds 8 June 2026

Hello Windows Insiders,ย ย  Announcing several new builds today acrossย Beta and Experimental, including a new build train forย 26H1!

blogs.windows.com
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Special delivery ๐Ÿ“ฆ
A photo of me smiling down while holding a box. My cat Biscuit pokes his head out of the box, glowering at his domain, and expressing disappointment that the box which says "blacked salmon" contained no salmon (just him)

ALT A photo of me smiling down while holding a box. My cat Biscuit pokes his head out of the box, glowering at his domain, and expressing disappointment that the box which says "blacked salmon" contained no salmon (just him)

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This is a fish and chips appreciation post
A large fillet of beer battered fried fish sits on top of thick crispy fries with a side of guacamole. Mmmm

ALT A large fillet of beer battered fried fish sits on top of thick crispy fries with a side of guacamole. Mmmm

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ASHA
@asha_shar
Jun 7
The heart of XBOX is great games.๐Ÿ’š
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XBOX
@XBOX
Jun 7
How it started vs how itโ€™s going | #XBOXShowcase
Photo of the OG Xbox in translucent green

ALT Photo of the OG Xbox in translucent green

Photo of the XBOX Series X25 Limited Edition console in translucent green

ALT Photo of the XBOX Series X25 Limited Edition console in translucent green

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This post speaks volumes
A description of Volume, in mathematical terms, demo'd with the sides of a cube. Volume describes the amount of space an object occupies in 3 dimensions - this particular cube is 8 meters cubed

ALT A description of Volume, in mathematical terms, demo'd with the sides of a cube. Volume describes the amount of space an object occupies in 3 dimensions - this particular cube is 8 meters cubed

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Stein
@steinekin
Jun 5
Putting the final touches on the social plans with the team, getting pretty excited yโ€™all!
XBOX
@XBOX
Jun 5
Reminder to set your reminders now! Here's when the show starts in your time zone๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘‡ | #XBOXShowcase
The nexus for the XBOX Games Showcase is shown at top. Underneath is a list of all the local timezones of when the show goes live: "June 7ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 10AM PT / 1PM ET,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ 11AM Mexico City,ย ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท 2PM Sรฃo Paulo,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 6PM London,ย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ 7PM CEST,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 7PM Cape Town,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช 9PM Abu Dhabi,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 10:30PM Mumbai.ย June 8:ย ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต 2AM Tokyo,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท 2AM Seoul,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ 3AM Sydney"

ALT The nexus for the XBOX Games Showcase is shown at top. Underneath is a list of all the local timezones of when the show goes live: "June 7ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 10AM PT / 1PM ET,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ 11AM Mexico City,ย ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท 2PM Sรฃo Paulo,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 6PM London,ย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ 7PM CEST,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 7PM Cape Town,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช 9PM Abu Dhabi,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 10:30PM Mumbai.ย June 8:ย ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต 2AM Tokyo,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท 2AM Seoul,ย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ 3AM Sydney"

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Is this "touching grass"? ๐Ÿค”
Clint Rutkas@ClintRutkas
Jun 4
Desktop grass, a fun thought experiment
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For those who need a video description: Animated grass grows above the windows 11 taskbar, swaying as Clint moves his mouse along the screen, then mowing some of it with a click
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Some people make the icons in the their taskbar into a rainbow, meanwhile I deliberately separate any icons that have similar colours so I don't accidentally click the wrong one ๐Ÿ˜…
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(the rainbow ordering does look good though - I won't deny it)
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