Windows 8.1 build 9600.16596 (winblues14 gdr lean.140114-0237)

Windows 8.1 build 9600.16596 (winblues14_gdr_lean.140114-0237) is a build of Windows 8.1 Update 1.

Between 22 January and 25 January 2014, Chinese website Win8China   and Russian website WZor.net  released several screenshots of this build documenting its new features. This build was later shared on the Polish WinClub forums on 2 February 2014 under the x64 architecture.

Metro applications

 * The ability to pin Metro applications to the taskbar has been added.
 * As apart of this change, the Windows Store is now pinned by default.
 * An option to show running Metro applications on the taskbar has been added.
 * Metro apps now have title bars, with close/minimize buttons and the ability to split applications to either side of the monitor when right-clicked.

Start

 * Search and shutdown buttons have been added to the Start screen.
 * By default, these buttons are only shown on Desktops. However, It's possible to them on a tablet by going to, creating a new DWORD value named  , and setting it to 1.
 * Right-clicking on the Start screen will now show a context menu instead of Metro bars (top and bottom).
 * Ctrl can still be used to display the Metro bars.
 * Apps are now divided alphabetically in the "All Apps" view.
 * An option to show more apps in the "All Apps" view has been added.
 * The default Start screen layout has been updated.
 * This PC, Documents, and Pictures are now pinned by default.

Internet Explorer

 * Internet Explorer has been updated to version 11.0.3.
 * The "Tabs" button has been added to Metro IE.

PC Settings

 * PC Settings now displays a link to the Control Panel.
 * The Disk Space page has been added.

Miscellaneous

 * The default media player and photo viewer has been changed to Windows Media Player and Windows Photo Viewer respectively.
 * The copyright year in  has been updated to 2014.

Internet Explorer Enterprise mode
Internet Explorer in this build includes Enterprise mode, but it isn't enabled by default. To enable it, navigate to, create a DWORD named   and set its value to 1. After that, launch F12 tools and in the Emulation section, go to Browser Profile and select Enterprise.